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Biden is considering Russian financial sanctions or other retaliatory action in response to the SolarWinds hack kshalvey@businessinsider.com (Kevin Shalvey) © Kevin Lamarque/Reuters President-elect Joe Biden gives a speech in Delaware. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters President-elect Joe Biden is considering financial sanctions and coordinated cyber attacks against Russia, according to Reuters. Biden on Thursday said his government would make the breach a "top priority" from its first ...

Trump plays down Russia’s role in US cyberattact Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump, in his first comments about a widespread data breach across the US government, on Saturday downplayed the cyber espionage campaign and questioned whether Russia was to blame as alleged by his own top diplomat.  "The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality," Trump said on Twitter on Saturday. "Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority...

Dec 20, 2020 The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file) WASHINGTON (AP) — Once in office, President-elect Joe Biden will punish Russia for its suspected cyberespionage operation against the United States with financial sanctions and measures to hobble the Kr...

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Mike Pompeo said that Russia was trying "to undermine our way of life". Photo: AFP "We can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this activity," Pompeo said on Friday. President Donald Trump downplayed the attacks severity - saying it was "under control" - and cast doubt on Russias role, hinting at Chinese involvement. The hack, targeting software made by US firm SolarWinds, was found last week. However, it had been going on for months. Russia has denied any involvement i...

Trump downplays Russia in first comments on massive cyberattack By JILL COLVIN and MATTHEW LEE Published  article HELSINKI, FINLAND - JULY 16: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive to waiting media during a joint press conference after their summit on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. The two leaders met one-on-one and dis Expand WASHINGTON - Contradicting his secretary of state and other top officials, President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested with...

Washington: Contradicting his secretary of state and other top officials, President Donald Trump suggested without evidence that China - not Russia - may be behind the cyber espionage operation against the United States and tried to minimize its impact. In his first comments on the breach, Trump scoffed at the focus on the Kremlin and downplayed the intrusions, which the nation’s cybersecurity agency has warned posed a “grave” risk to government and private networks. “The Cyber Hack is ...

Republican Senator Mitt Romney has said a widespread data breach across the US government was “extraordinarily damaging” and that President Donald Trump has a “blind spot” when it comes to Russia, which US officials suspect was behind the hack. “We’ve come to recognise that the president has a blind spot when it comes to Russia,” Romney told NBC news. US officials and researchers say they believe at least half-a-dozen US government agencies have been infiltrated and thousands expo...

Romney warns Russian cyber attack could cripple US electricity and water supplies as he condemns Trump for refusing to blame Putin and says response must be of like magnitude or greater Mitt Romney said Sunday morning that the response to Russias attack be of like magnitude or greater to their hack that has compromised several U.S. agencies  He also slammed President Donald Trump for blaming the cyber attack on China I was disappointed with the presidents comment. But I think weve come to reco...

A taxi driver wearing a protective mask waits in traffic in front of a seasonal window display of a closed retail store as the British government imposes a stricter tiered set of restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, in London on Dec. 20. Toby Melville/Reuters A COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer began rolling out around the US. FBI officials announced "a significant and ongoing" cyberattack involving SolarWinds Orion software, used by a...