REvil is publicly demanding $70 million to restore the data belonging to hundreds of companies worldwide, “but in a conversation with Jack Cable of the cybersecurity-focused Krebs Stamos Group, one of the gang’s affiliates said he could sell a “universal decryptor” for all the victims for $50 million,” CNBC reports. The Russia-linked ransomware gang REvil responsible for the ransomware attack on Kaseya on July 2 have reportedly lowered the amount it is willing to accept in exchange for data it is holding ransom to $50 million. The NSC has been studying for months how to prevent the cyberattacks, and according to sources the pace of upper-level meetings on the subject at the NSC has increased in recent weeks, as the end of the review approaches. The National Security Council (NSC) and White House is racing to finalize a government-wide strategy on how to respond to ransomware attacks that will deter companies from paying out ransoms to cybercriminals. “Tomorrow the president will convene key leaders across the interagency, including the State Department, Department of Justice, DHS and members of the intelligence community to discuss ransomware and our overall strategic efforts to counter it,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters. President Biden is to meet with federal agencies this week to discuss solutions to address ransomware attacks. He said most of what was published on the subject in the media was a lie,” Reuters reports. A Kremlin spokesperson said “there were what he called ‘certain contacts’ between Moscow and Washington on the subject of cyber crime and accusations that Russia-linked crime groups were sometimes involved. The Kremlin has said that the Russian state had nothing to do with the hack which targeted the RNC. The group “has been tied to Russia’s foreign intelligence service and has previously been accused of breaching the Democratic National Committee in 2016 and of carrying out a supply-chain cyberattack involving SolarWinds Corp.,” William Turton and Jennifer Jacobs report for Bloomberg. The RNC hackers were part of a group known as APT 29 or Cozy Bear, according to sources familiar with the matter. “We immediately blocked all access from Synnex accounts to our cloud environment,” Richard Walters, the RNC’s chief of staff, said, adding that RNS would continue to work with federal law enforcement officials on the matter. Hackers associated with the Russian government gained access last week to Synnex, a contractor for the Republican National Committee (RNC), the RNC has said in a statement, saying that no access was gained to any RNC data. Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here.Ī curated guide to major national security news and developments over the past 24 hours.
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