Pompeo Put North Korea, China Cyber Threat Over Russia Hours Before SolarWinds News
On 12/15/20 at 6:06 AM EST
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said China and North Korea, rather than Russia, present the biggest cyber security threat to the U.S. on Monday, as the furore over the SolarWinds hack believed to be directed by Moscow swelled to include the State Department and other federal agencies.
It was confirmed this weekend that hackers have been snooping on internal communications at the Treasury and Commerce departments for months, having gained access via software updates from the Texas-based SolarWinds company.
SolarWinds supplies services to a large number of government agencies and bodies though on Monday declined to provide further details to