The U.S. Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack and mounting damage caused by cyber criminals, a senior department official told Reuters. Internal guidance sent on Thursday to U.S. attorney's offices across the country said information about ransomware investigations in the field should be centrally coordinated with a recently created task force in Washington. 'It's a specialized process to ensure we track all ransomware cases regardless of where it may be referred in this country, so you can make the connections between actors and work your way up to disrupt the whole chain,' said John Carlin, principle associate deputy attorney general at the Justice Department..." https://www.reuters.com/technology/...-terrorism-official-says-2021-06-03/?rpc=401&
"FBI Director Compares Ransomware Challenge to 9/11 Christopher Wray points to Russian actors, calls for coordinated fight across U.S. society FBI Director Christopher Wray said the agency is investigating about 100 different types of ransomware, many of which trace back to actors in Russia, and compared the current spate of cyberattacks with the challenge posed by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks..." [Pay Wall] https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-di...hallenge-to-9-11-11622799003?mod=hp_lead_pos4
