should be handling these issues. now he told us that what dimitri alperovitch is recommending, is basically that the u.s. should quote release the hounds. against these criminal groups. i can tell you as far we know he meant that in a good way, humid as a compliment. joining us now is dimitri alperovitch he is chairman of the cybersecurity chain. he is the cofounder of the cybersecurity crowd strike. thank you for joining us tonight, i appreciate you for taking the time. thank you for having me. am i right to suggest that you think america has the skills to be more aggressive, to act offensively towards these criminal groups in a way that would be much more destructive to them. but we have until now reserve that sort of skills for international terrorist groups. and not applied for as aggressively as possible. well there is no question that we have the skills, we had stir of cyber command over a
i mean i m not the world s tech is person, if there is the piece of technology that can be fixed by restarting. it started out of luck. but luckily for us yesterday a very distinguished computer scientists named dimitri, he is the cofounder of the cyber security crowd strike. he published a new york times explaining what it might mean for america to really go on offense in these matters. he laid out a proposal for america targeting ransom where criminals and these hacking groups essentially in the same way the attacked isis online. including disrupting their financial structures, but also revealing personal details about the perpetrators, taking down their servers. introducing bugs into their cold so that even when they think they re operating on their own terms, they re actually operating on ours. it s an aggressive proposal, from dimitri we contacted a former homeland security cyber chief, about mr. dimitri alperovitch about how the u.s.
By Laura King, Del Quentin Wilber
Los Angeles Times/TNS
WASHINGTON - President Trump s dismissive characterization of a massive cyberattack targeting multiple U.S. agencies drew pushback Sunday from lawmakers and cybersecurity experts amid growing questions over the president s refusal to acknowledge that Russia was likely behind the intrusions.
A month before President-elect Joseph R. Biden takes office, Trump remains preoccupied with his falsehood-filled campaign to overturn the results of November s election, and gave no indication that the United States would seek to punish those responsible for an unprecedented breach whose full scope was still being assessed. Russia acted with impunity, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said on NBC S Meet the Press. Romney, one of only a handful of congressional Republicans to criticize Trump s conduct regarding the election, said that we ve come to recognize that the president has a blind spot when it comes to Russia.
Trump Denies Russia’s Involvement in Hack, Confusing Experts Despite Trump’s continued downplaying of the massive cyberattack, several experts and senators are speaking up to warn of its severity and the worrisome response from the president. Laura King and Del Quentin Wilber, Los Angeles Times | December 21, 2020 | Analysis
(TNS) President Trump s dismissive characterization of a massive cyberattack targeting multiple U.S. agencies drew pushback Sunday from lawmakers and cybersecurity experts amid growing questions over the president s refusal to acknowledge that Russia was likely behind the intrusions.
A month before President-elect Joseph R. Biden takes office, Trump remains preoccupied with his falsehood-filled campaign to overturn the results of November s election, and gave no indication that the United States would seek to punish those responsible for an unprecedented breach whose full scope was st
Lawmakers dismayed, experts baffled at Trump brushing off suspected Russian hack [Los Angeles Times]
President Trump’s dismissive characterization of a massive cyberattack targeting multiple U.S. agencies drew pushback Sunday from lawmakers and cybersecurity experts amid growing questions over the president’s refusal to acknowledge that Russia was likely behind the intrusions.
A month before President-elect Joseph R. Biden takes office, Trump remainspreoccupied with his falsehood-filled campaign to overturn the results of November’s election, and gave no indication that the United States would seek to punish those responsible for an unprecedented breach whose full scope was still being assessed.