December 23, 2020
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The U.S. government was hit by one of the largest cyberattacks on record after cybersecurity firm FireEye and software company SolarWinds both of which work with government agencies and major corporations announced earlier this month their systems had been compromised.
Top government officials like Attorney General William Barr and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said earlier this week that the hack was a cyber espionage operation most likely conducted by Russia.
But President Donald Trump downplayed the threat assessment and said the media was blowing the incident out of proportion. “The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality,” the president tweeted Dec. 19. “I have been fully briefed and everything is well under control.”
A long and tedious job is waiting for U.S. government researchers to understand the depth and veracity of the suspected Russian cyber-attack on several government institutions.
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Biden blames Trump for cyberattack, says it can t go unanswered
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President-elect Joe Biden lashed out at Donald Trump over a major hack of U.S. government agencies and companies, saying the president isn’t taking it seriously enough and said such a huge cyberattack on the US government cannot go unanswered.
Biden said in pre-holiday remarks, We can t let this go unanswered. That means making clear, and publicly, who is responsible for the attack and taking meaningful steps to hold them in account.
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