Biden Orders Probe of Latest Ransomware Attack

Biden Orders Probe of Latest Ransomware Attack
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture, May 13, 2017. Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo/Reuters
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CENTRAL LAKE, Mich.—President Joe Biden said on Saturday he has directed intelligence agencies to investigate who was behind a sophisticated ransomware attack that hit hundreds of American businesses.

Biden, on a visit to Michigan to promote his vaccination program, was asked about the hack while shopping for pies at a cherry orchard market.