THE US government believes Russia is behind cyberattacks on American pharmaceutical execs, according to Fox News.
Fox News correspondent Gillian Turner tweeted the claims.
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She also claims that President Joe Biden’s administration is looking into recent cyberattacks on US energy companies and whether Russia was involved.
Turner tweeted: “NEW: Biden Admin believes Russian intel is behind cyber attacks on American pharmaceutical execs & are also probing cyberattacks on 21 US LNG energy companies including Chevron & Cheniere.”
Cyber criminals are said to have targeted major gas companies, including some in the US, just before Russia invaded Ukraine.
The attacks occurred in the two weeks before the invasion.
Hackers are said to have accessed over 100 computers in this time.
According to Bloomberg, this was the “first stage” in a mission to destabilize the energy industry.
Cybersecurity experts at Resecurity spotted the attack.
CEO Gene Yoo didn’t wish to speculate on who was behind the crimes but did suggest at the time that the criminals were state-sponsored.
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US officials have been urging Americans to stay alert and try and protect themselves from Russian cyberattacks.
According to ABC7, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller said this week: “The Russian state actor, when tensions rise, increases malicious cyber attacks from both tactical — to disable systems that may be running against them from an adversary — and strategic — to be able to put pressure on other entities, be they allies or people in their interest to disable.
“So we get that we are in a heightened threat and we have been gearing up for that heightened threat to come along from our normal high alert to ultra high alert and that’s where we are, and its working.”
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