President Biden Presented With Options For Launching Massive Cyberattacks Against Russia

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CNBC: Biden has been presented with options for massive cyberattacks against Russia 

The options presented include disrupting the internet across Russia, shutting off power and stopping trains in their tracks. 

President Joe Biden has been presented with a menu of options for the U.S. to carry out massive cyberattacks designed to disrupt Russia’s ability to sustain its military operations in Ukraine, four people familiar with the deliberations tell NBC News. 

Two U.S. intelligence officials, one Western intelligence official and another person briefed on the matter say no final decisions have been made, but they say U.S. intelligence and military cyber warriors are proposing the use of American cyberweapons on a scale never before contemplated. 

Among the options: disrupting internet connectivity across Russia, shutting off electric power, and tampering with railroad switches to hamper Russia’s ability to resupply its forces, three of the sources said. 

“You could do everything from slow the trains down to have them fall off the tracks,” one person briefed on the matter said.  

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WNU Editor: This is not a good idea. A U.S. cyber attack in the current environment will be viewed by the Kremlin as an act of war. They will retaliate.  

Update: U.S. firms are bracing for an attack .... US braces for Russian cyberattacks as Ukraine conflict escalates. Here’s how that might play out (CNN).  

Update #2: I hope our banks are backing up their data .... Russia unleashed data-wiper virus on Ukraine, say cyber experts (The Guardian).

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