Intelligence Community Believes Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack Came From Inside Russia, President says

President Biden says the intelligence community believes the cyberattack on the Colonial oil pipeline over the weekend came from criminal hackers inside Russia, but that they do not believe the Russian government was involved. He says his administration has been in direct contact with Moscow about the attack and made it clear that the Russian authorities need to take steps from it happening in the future. He also says the U.S. is taking preventative measures and that the Justice Department is setting up a taskforce to prosecute ransomware hackers. The president says the cyberattack serves as a warning that the U.S. needs to harden its cyber infrastructure against such attacks. close