The US and the UK sanction seven people based in Russia, with likely FSB ties, connected to the Conti and Ryuk ransomware gangs and the Trickbot banking trojan
on par with terrorism and military crisis between states. Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk : Russian Cybercrime Gang Trickbot Sanctioned by US, UK Maggie Miller / Politico : U.S., U.K. sanction Russian hacke...
Senate confirms ex-NSA official Jen Easterly as CISA's director, a role that was vacant since Trump fired Chris Krebs in Nov. for refuting conspiracy theories
looking forward to working with Jen Easterly to strengthen our nation's cybersecurity. https://www.politico.com/... @therecord_media : The Senate on Monday confirmed President Joe Biden's pick to lead...
US DOJ says it is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack
the federal government — is (inarguably) for. https://twitter.com/... Chris Krebs / @c_c_krebs : This is a positive indication that we're getting serious about stopping ransomware. Much more needs to ...