{"id":1739,"date":"2021-06-04T15:51:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T13:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/04\/fbi-chief-likens-ransomware-threat-to-9-11-as-biden-plans-to-confront-putin-at-g7-live\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T15:51:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T13:51:39","slug":"fbi-chief-likens-ransomware-threat-to-9-11-as-biden-plans-to-confront-putin-at-g7-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/04\/fbi-chief-likens-ransomware-threat-to-9-11-as-biden-plans-to-confront-putin-at-g7-live\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI chief likens ransomware threat to 9\/11 as Biden plans to confront Putin at G7 \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Christopher Wray compares hacking to post-9\/11 challenge<\/li>\n<li>Biden and aides say time is running out to strike infrastructure deal\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/jun\/04\/trump-counsel-don-mcgahn-testify-russia-investigation\">Trump\u2019s ex-counsel to be quizzed on Russia investigation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> 4.11pm <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/p>\n<p>More and more Republicans have been calling for Dr. <strong>Anthony Fauci\u2019<\/strong>s resignation, citing a trove of emails recently released to the public. Senator <strong>Josh Hawley<\/strong> of Missouri released one such statement this morning. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anthony Fauci\u2019s recently released emails and investigative reporting about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> origins are shocking. The time has come for Fauci to resign and for a full congressional investigation into the origins of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> &#8211; and into any and all efforts to prevent a full accounting<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Asked Friday if he still has faith in Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden tells reporters in the press pool he&#8217;s &#8220;very confident&#8221; in Fauci. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C2uSjIH7ju\">pic.twitter.com\/C2uSjIH7ju<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> 3.36pm <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, <strong>Christopher Wray<\/strong>, the director of the FBI, compared the recent spate of ransomware attacks to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s his comments in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/fbi-director-compares-ransomware-challenge-to-9-11-11622799003\">Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray said the agency is investigating about 100 different types of ransomware, many of which trace back to hackers in Russia, and compared the current spate of cyberattacks with the challenge posed by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of parallels, there\u2019s a lot of importance, and a lot of focus by us on disruption and prevention,\u201d Mr. Wray said in an interview on Thursday. \u201cThere\u2019s a shared responsibility, not just across government agencies but across the private sector and even the average American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2021\/jun\/04\/joe-biden-us-politics-covid-coronavirus-live-latest\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/26f3e6dc6b0a35fdfb8107c359d8b4e1b2db88c4\/0_0_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=cc6b280446ccd6d4d861f90113e25a6a\" title=\"FBI chief likens ransomware threat to 9\/11 as Biden plans to confront Putin at G7 \u2013 live\" \/>Christopher Wray compares hacking to post-9\/11 challenge<br \/>\nBiden and aides say time is running out to strike infrastructure deal<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s ex-counsel to be quizzed on Russia investigation<\/p>\n<p> 4.11pm BST<br \/>\nMore and more Republicans have been calling for Dr. Anthony Fauci\u2019s resignation, citing a trove of emails recently released to the public. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri released one such statement this morning.<br \/>\nAnthony Fauci\u2019s recently released emails and investigative reporting about #COVID19 origins are shocking. The time has come for Fauci to resign and for a full congressional investigation into the origins of #COVID19 &#8211; and into any and all efforts to prevent a full accounting<br \/>\nAsked Friday if he still has faith in Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden tells reporters in the press pool he&#8217;s &#8220;very confident&#8221; in Fauci. pic.twitter.com\/C2uSjIH7ju<br \/>\n 3.36pm BST<br \/>\nIn an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Christopher Wray, the director of the FBI, compared the recent spate of ransomware attacks to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.<br \/>\nHere\u2019s his comments in the Journal:<br \/>\nFBI Director Christopher Wray said the agency is investigating about 100 different types of ransomware, many of which trace back to hackers in Russia, and compared the current spate of cyberattacks with the challenge posed by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.<br \/>\n\u201cThere are a lot of parallels, there\u2019s a lot of importance, and a lot of focus by us on disruption and prevention,\u201d Mr. Wray said in an interview on Thursday. \u201cThere\u2019s a shared responsibility, not just across government agencies but across the private sector and even the average American.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Wray compares hacking to post-9\/11 challenge Biden and aides say time is running out to strike infrastructure deal Trump\u2019s ex-counsel to be quizzed on Russia investigation 4.11pm BST More and more Republicans have been calling for Dr. Anthony Fauci\u2019s resignation, citing a trove of emails recently released to the public. Senator Josh Hawley of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/04\/fbi-chief-likens-ransomware-threat-to-9-11-as-biden-plans-to-confront-putin-at-g7-live\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FBI chief likens ransomware threat to 9\/11 as Biden plans to confront Putin at G7 \u2013 live<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}