The Director of the FBI, Mr Christopher Wray announced to a news agency that the agency is examining about 100 various types of ransomware, most of them which draw backwards to actors in Russia.

In the statement issued on Friday, Wray exclusive out Russia as regarding most of the identified users of ransomware.

Each of the 100 various spiteful software alternatives is effective for various ransomware outbreaks in the United States, Wray explained the agency.

The Kremlin on Friday told the FBI director's statement that Russia was a shelter for hackers was 'emotional', RIA proclaimed.

Wray's statements appear days after SA's North American & Australian regulations. The White House associated the attack with a Russia-based association.

the previous month, the most significant US gasoline pipeline Colonial Pipeline was caught by a ransomware cyberattack, which hurt fuel delivery for the number of days in the US Southeast. The FBI accused the cyber assault of a group believed to be based in Russia or Eastern Europe.

The US Department of Justice is promoting researches of ransomware strikes to a related preference as terrorism, a superior administration executive told on Thursday.

Ransom software operates by encrypting victims' evidence; typically cyberpunks will allow the victim a solution in return for cryptocurrency fees that can operate into the hundreds of thousands or also millions of dollars.

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