The United States has a positive attitude to the measures that Russia is taking to combat hackers on its territory. This was stated by a representative of the White House, commenting on the detention of the FSB hacker group REvil.
Members of the criminal community operated in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Leningrad and Lipetsk regions. The full composition of the crimes and the involvement of gang members in them have already been established. Hackers were engaged in stealing money using malware. On Friday, it became known about their detention.
A representative of the US administration added that one of the arrested may be involved in the attack on the Colonial Pipeline. She hopes that the attackers will stand trial not only for the crimes committed, “but also for the sake of preventing future ones,” RIA Novosti reports.
Recall that last year, Colonial Pipeline, the largest pipeline operator in the United States, was subjected to a cyberattack by the DarkSide ransomware program. According to the FBI, the hackers were in Russia, but the country’s authorities are not involved in this.The FBI suspects criminal services REvil, as well as Sodinokibi, of a cyberattack.