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Christopher Wray points to Russian hackers, calls for coordinated fight across U.S. society.

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Alert, Ransomware a top national-security priority, WSJ, Media

FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11!

Lesson learned, Ransomware is generally paid for with digital currency

Ransomware is a type of malicious computer code that locks up a victim network’s files that hackers use to demand payment for their release, typically with digital currency such as bitcoin.

Alert, 100 types of ransomware the FBI is investigating

The most prominent recent ransomware hacks represent only a fraction of the some 100 types of ransomware the FBI is investigating.

Warning, Ransomware incidents have tripled in the past year

This week, hackers held hostage the world’s largest meat processor, just weeks after the operator of an essential pipeline bringing gasoline to parts of the East Coast paid about $4.4 million to regain control of its operations and restore service.

Alert, The cost at hundreds of millions or billions of dollars annually

While private-sector estimates of the toll to the U.S. economy vary, companies that track ransomware generally put the cost at hundreds of millions or billions of dollars annually and say it is rapidly increasing.

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Christopher Wray points to Russian hackers, calls for coordinated fight across U.S. society.

Alert, Ransomware a top national-security priority, WSJ, Media

FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11!
CNN, Ransomware attacks saddle Biden with grave national security crisis
CNN, FBI director sees 'parallels' between challenge posed by ransomware attacks and 9/11
NYT, F.B.I. Director Compares Danger of Ransomware to 9/11 Terror Threat
WaPo, Global war on ransomware? Hurdles hinder the US response
Wapo, Ransomware attacks are closing schools, delaying chemotherapy and derailing everyday life
NBC News, Energy secretary backs ban on ransomware payments: 'You are encouraging the bad actors'
Fox News, US needs to be more ‘offensive’ against foreign cyberattacks: Chris Stewart

Lesson learned, Ransomware is generally paid for with digital currency

Ransomware is a type of malicious computer code that locks up a victim network’s files that hackers use to demand payment for their release, typically with digital currency such as bitcoin.

Alert, 100 types of ransomware the FBI is investigating

The most prominent recent ransomware hacks represent only a fraction of the some 100 types of ransomware the FBI is investigating.

Warning, Ransomware incidents have tripled in the past year

This week, hackers held hostage the world’s largest meat processor, just weeks after the operator of an essential pipeline bringing gasoline to parts of the East Coast paid about $4.4 million to regain control of its operations and restore service.

Alert, The cost at hundreds of millions or billions of dollars annually

While private-sector estimates of the toll to the U.S. economy vary, companies that track ransomware generally put the cost at hundreds of millions or billions of dollars annually and say it is rapidly increasing.

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FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11, Aruna Viswanatha and Dustin Volz, June 4, 2021, The Wall Street Journal, WSJ.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Aruna Viswanatha (@aviswanatha)

The Wall Street Journal

Cover the Justice Department for @WSJ

Dustin Volz (@dnvolz)

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal.

Dustin Volz covers cybersecurity and intelligence for The Wall Street Journal and is based in Washington, D.C. He came to the Journal from Reuters, where he wrote about cyber conflict, government surveillance and Russian election-related hacking. Dustin also has covered tech policy at National Journal, reported from Germany and the Dominican Republic, and spent a year in Indonesia as a Fulbright teaching assistant.