{"id":56458,"date":"2023-02-09T06:20:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T14:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=56458"},"modified":"2023-02-09T09:21:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T17:21:12","slug":"taking-joint-action-against-cybercriminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=56458","title":{"rendered":"Taking Joint Action Against Cybercriminals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>02\/09\/2023 09:02 AM EST<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The United States and the United Kingdom are taking coordinated action today targeting cybercriminals who launched assaults against our critical infrastructure.\u00a0 We will continue to work with the United Kingdom and with other international partners to expose and disrupt cybercrime emanating from Russia.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>The United States is designating seven individuals who are part of the Russia-based cybercrime gang Trickbot.\u00a0 We are taking this action pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13694, as amended by E.O. 13757, for the individuals\u2019 involvement in a cyber-enabled activity that poses a significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economic health or financial stability of the United States.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Russia is a safe haven for cybercriminals, where groups such as Trickbot freely perpetrate malicious cyber activities against the United States, the United Kingdom, and our allies and partners.\u00a0 These activities have targeted critical infrastructure, including hospitals and medical facilities.<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>The United States and the United Kingdom are leaders in the global fight against cybercrime and are committed to using all available authorities to defend against cyber threats.\u00a0 Today\u2019s action, the first under the UK\u2019s new cyber sanctions authority, demonstrates our continued commitment to collaborating with partners and allies to address Russia-based cybercrime, and to countering ransomware attacks and their perpetrators.\u00a0 As Russia\u2019s illegal war against Ukraine continues, cooperation with our allies and partners is more critical than ever to protect our national security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>02\/09\/2023 09:02 AM EST &nbsp; Antony&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-tech","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56459,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56458\/revisions\/56459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}