Article 5HNRB Biden says ‘no evidence’ Russia involved in US pipeline hack but Putin should act

Biden says ‘no evidence’ Russia involved in US pipeline hack but Putin should act

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Edward Helmore in New York, Joan E Greve in Washin
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US president said Russia has some responsibility' to deal with ransomware attacks while pipeline shut since Friday

Joe Biden said on Monday that so far" there has been no evidence that the cyber attack late last week on a US pipeline had any involvement from the Russian state but that he believes Russia has some responsibility" to deal with ransomware attacks emanating from its soil.

It's a criminal act, obviously. We have efforts under way with the FBI and DoJ to disrupt and prosecute ransomware criminals," the US president said.

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