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1649 Washington, December 20 Contradicting his secretary of state and other top officials, President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested without evidence that China — not Russia — may be behind the cyberattack against the United States and tried to minimise 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. �...

20 Dec 2020 / 05:07 H. (Adds details on White House drafting of statement) By Christopher Bing and Jonathan Landay Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, in his first comments about a widespread data breach across the U.S. 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, Russi...

Trump slams Pompeo for blaming Russia for huge cyber attack as he breaks his silence to say CHINA could be responsible and that voting machines may have been hit - but claims it is well under control Donald Trump finally addressed the massive hack on US government agencies and private sector firms for the first time Saturday  The president took a swipe at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, tagging him and Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe in a tweet  The tweet blamed China for ...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump in his first comments about a widespread data breach across the U.S. g...

Trump's comments on Saturday contradict Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who says Russia was "pretty clearly" behind the attack.

Trump spins for Russia on mega-hack The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality. I have been fully briefed and everything is well under control. Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority chant when anything happens because Lamestream is, for mostly financial reasons, petrified of…. ….discussing the possibility that it may be China (it may!). There could also have been a hit on our ridiculous voting machines during the election, which is now obvious that I won big, ma...

Tuan Mark/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Saturday broke his silence about the SolarWinds cyberattack on several US government departments and agencies, questioning Chinese involvement instead of focusing on Russia. Software firm SolarWinds was breached earlier in 2020, when hackers gained access to its systems and put in malicious code in one of its platforms. "Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority chant when anything happens because Lamestream is, for mo...

Contrary to Intel and Own Secretary of State, Trump Fingers China in Cyberattack, Absolves ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ Mediaite 12/19/2020 “Russia, Russia, Russia,” said President Donald Trump mockingly, in a Saturday tweet about the massive cyberattack on the United States. His remarks come less than 18 hours after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo explicitly said Russia is “clearly” behind the attack. “The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality,” Trum...

  U.S. President Donald Trump in his first comments about a widespread data breach across the U.S. government downplayed the seriousness and impact of the cyber espionage campaign, and questioned whether Russia was to blame. "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 chant when anything happens because Lamestream is, for mostly financial reasons, petrified of discussing the possibility t...

WASHINGTON Contradicting his secretary of state and other top officials, President Donald Trump suggested Saturday without evidence that China — not Russia — may be behind the cyberattack against the United States and tried to minimized its impact. In his first comments on the breach, Mr. 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. â�...