Tribune. In July 2021, we analyzed Europe’s vulnerabilities in the face of cyber attacks and proposed lines of response. Since then, the strategic context in cyberspace has deteriorated, mainly to the detriment of the European Union and its members. Essentially, this is due to the strength of the United States – Russia’s monopoly, as the cyberspace highlighted in the Ukrainian case: in September, the Darkside and Revil groups, which were responsible for major ransomware attacks, then US pressure. in and were crushed by the Russians. The officers revived (Darkside became Blackmatter) and resumed their attacks.
The US response is an implementation of the Biden principle set out after the summit with Vladimir Putin in Geneva in June 2021: those responsible for attacks against US critical infrastructure must be neutralized by Russian officials, or thwarted by the United States. of its capabilities.
In fact, on October 21, three days after an attack that paralyzed a television network, various Revil sites were the object of massively devastating cyber attacks, leading to a deep flurry of its executives speaking on the web. A few hours later, a dispatch from [l’agence de presse britannique] Reuters states that this technical neutralization was done jointly by the US Cyber Command, the FBI and the Secret Service.
Message heard: 1Is In November 2021, Blackmatter, condemned by the US Federal Cyber Security Agency for ransomware attacks, announced that it was ending all of its activities. “Under pressure from the authorities”, Then it disappears. The next day, CIA Director William Burns held talks with the Secretary of the Russian Security Council and his counterpart, the head of the SVR, in Moscow. He will also have a telephone exchange with Vladimir Putin. Items on the agenda are Ukraine and… cyber security. There is no doubt that following the American elimination of the Reville group, Russian leaders preferred to take the lead in order to dissipate Blackmatter.
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Throughout the fall, General Nakasone, who simultaneously heads the National Security Agency (NSA) and Cyber Command, has multiplied public interference on ransomware. Since mid-2021, its services have treated such attacks as breaches of national security that legalize the use of aggressive cyber tools. “Disappoint and stop them”. At the same time, Russia through its think tank and an article published on September 29, 2021 Kommersant, Welcomes this new collaboration with the United States against cybercrime.
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