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Alleged Russian Criminals Launch Largest Ransomware Attack Ever After Biden-Putin Meeting Last Month

Ryan Saavedra
Alleged Russian Criminals Launch Largest Ransomware Attack Ever After Biden-Putin Meeting Last Month
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A notorious criminal organization, believed to be Russian, launched the largest ransomware attack in history just before the Fourth of July, which comes after Democrat President Joe Biden claims that he talked with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month about not attacking critical U.S. infrastructure.

Hundreds of American businesses were hit by what was described as “an unusually sophisticated ransomware attack” that “hijacked widely used technology management software from a Miami-based supplier called Kaseya,” Reuters reported. “The attackers changed a Kaseya tool called VSA, used by companies that manage technology at smaller businesses. They then encrypted the files of those providers’ customers simultaneously.”

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