Uptick in ransomware attacks shares 'a lot of parallels' with 9/11: Wray

The uptick in cyberattacks against some of the United States’s largest industries shares “a lot of parallels” with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Agents are investigating more than 100 types of ransomware, much of which originated from criminal enterprises in Russia, Wray said. Most recently, alleged Russian criminals hacked JBS, the country’s largest meat producer, and halted slaughter, though the company was able to resume operations Wednesday.