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Attorney General Merrick Garland flanked by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, left, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray speaks during a news conference to announce an international ransomware enforcement action, at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. The FBI has seized the website of a prolific ransomware gang that has heavily targeted hospitals and other healthcare providers. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Ransomware theft in 2023 ‘as bad as it has ever been’: Report

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This Feb 23, 2019, photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday, July 4, 2021, to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit. An affiliate of the notorious REvil gang, infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday, largely through firms that remotely manage IT infrastructure for multiple customers, cybersecurity researchers said. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

Biden administration takes credit for warning hundreds of targets before ransomware attacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Monday, May 15, 2017, photo, employees watch an electronic board to monitor possible ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul, South Korea. (Yun Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP) **FILE**

Biden administration warns businesses not to hack back against cyberattackers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press, File Photo)

How Uncle Sam enlisted Big Tech to thwart Russia from launching catastrophic cyberwar

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Google wages war with Russians on digital battlefield

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

People walk past a Microsoft office in New York on Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Swayne B. Hall, File)

Big Tech helps feds fight Russia cyberattackers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden administration warns quantum computing poised to break cryptographic security

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this courtroom sketch, attorney Sam Enzer, center, sits between Heather Morgan, left, and her husband, Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein, in federal court, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in New York. The couple are accused of conspiring to launder billions of dollars in cryptocurrency stolen from the 2016 hack of a virtual currency exchange. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

Administration to tackle cryptocurrency crimes with new FBI unit and Justice Department leader

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This Feb 23, 2019, photo shows the inside of a computer. The Biden administration will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity against critical U.S. infrastructure, including ransomware attacks. The administration is launching the website stopransomware.gov to offer the public resources for countering the threat. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

Cybersecurity pros warn Ukraine crisis could spur Russian cyberattacks around the world

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 22, 2019, photo, signs on a bank of computers tell visitors that the machines are not working at the public library in Wilmer, Texas. The Associated Press has learned new details about a ransomware attack that affected roughly two dozen Texas communities two years ago. Thousands of pages obtained by AP and interviews with people involved show Texas communities struggled for days with disruptions to core government services as workers in small cities and towns endured a cascade of frustrations brought on by the sophisticated cyberattack. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) **FILE**

Biden administration teams up with Big Tech to fend off cyberattacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this May 11, 2021, photo, a Colonial Pipeline station is seen in Smyrna, Ga., near Atlanta. The Department of Homeland Security has announced new requirements for U.S. pipeline operators to bolster cybersecurity following a May ransomware attack that disrupted gas delivery across the East Coast. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) **FILE**

Senate Republicans ask watchdog to probe Biden’s cyber directives for pipelines

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This Feb 23, 2019, photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday, July 4, 2021, to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit. An affiliate of the notorious REvil gang, infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday, largely through firms that remotely manage IT infrastructure for multiple customers, cybersecurity researchers said. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

Ransomware gangs hit by cyber pros in private sector, American agencies

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 12, 2004, photo, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.'s headquarters stands in Hunt Valley, Md. Sinclair Broadcast Group said Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, that it's suffered a data breach and is still working to determine what information the data contained. The Baltimore company owns and/or operates 21 regional sports network and owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark) **FILE**

TV station owner Sinclair hit with ransomware attack, news broadcasts disrupted

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this July 11, 2021, file photo, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference at a G-20 Economy, Finance ministers and Central bank governors' meeting in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Biden administration sanctions cryptocurrency market to fight ransomware

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) **FILE**

New cybercriminal group BlackMatter called ‘rebranding’ of REvil and DarkSide

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this April 14, 2021, file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Rubio, Warner lead bipartisan effort to force companies to disclose cyber hacks to the public

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this May 11, 2021, photo, a Colonial Pipeline station is seen in Smyrna, Ga., near Atlanta. The Department of Homeland Security has announced new requirements for U.S. pipeline operators to bolster cybersecurity following a May ransomware attack that disrupted gas delivery across the East Coast. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) **FILE**

Feds detail alleged Chinese cyberattacks on American pipelines starting in 2011

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The military command in charge of conducting cyber warfare lacks the tools to conduct successful offensive attacks and defend against digital strikes by China and other adversaries, according to a report by the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

REvil’s hit on defense contractor tests Biden’s tough talk on cyberattacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, July 31, 2018, photo, an FBI employee works in a computer forensics lab at the FBI field office in New Orleans. More than 20 people working for the FBI headquarters in Louisiana are working on cyber security. They include experts working at forensics labs, doing forensics on computer hard drives and developing techniques for analyzing computer memories in efforts to fight and find intruders, according to the special agent in charge of the FBI's New Orleans field office. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

For FBI’s cyber sleuths, catching ransomware thieves like hunting serial killers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this May 12, 2021, file photo, the entrance of Colonial Pipeline Company in Charlotte, N.C. U.S. pipeline operators will be required for the first time to conduct a cybersecurity assessment under a Biden administration directive to be issued Thursday in response to the ransomware hack that disrupted gas supplies in several states this month. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Hackers linked to Colonial Pipeline assault reemerge with new tactics

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times