Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “US pipeline cyberattack came from gang in Russia, Biden says” – below is their description.
US President Joe Biden says the East Coast fuel shortages will end in a few days as the country’s largest fuel pipeline network is restarted.
Colonial Pipeline was hit by a cyberattack last week, affecting supplies and causing panic buying.
The firm reportedly paid hackers five million dollars in untraceable cryptocurrency as ransom.
Al Jazeera’s Patty Culhane reports from Washington DC.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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The video item below is a piece of English language content from Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera is a Qatari state-funded broadcaster based in Doha, Qatar, owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network.
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Joe Biden is an American politician serving as the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the south.
Russia spans more than one-eighth of the Earth’s inhabited land area, stretching eleven time zones, and bordering 16 sovereign nations. Moscow is the country’s capital.
The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 and since 1993 Russia been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. Russia is a major great power, with the world’s second-most powerful military, and the fourth-highest military expenditure. As a recognised nuclear-weapon state, the country possesses the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons.
