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Donald Trump has downplayed the importance of a wide-reaching cyberattack on the United States government that was described this week as one of the worst in the country’s history, saying “everything is well under control”. On Saturday morning, Trump tweeted that the massive security breach, which affected the computer systems of several US government departments, was made “far greater” by the media than it actually was. “The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in ...

Trump claims US cyber hack not as big as media reports Danielle Zoellner © Provided by The Independent Donald Trump has claimed the massive cyber hack that took place was being exaggerated by the media while putting blame on China, despite his secretary of state saying the attack likely came from Russia.  “The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality,” the president wrote in a tweet on Thursday, adding: “I have been fully briefed and everything...

Trump Downplays Huge Hack, Floats China as Possible Culprit Justin Sink, Bloomberg News U.S. President Donald Trump walks before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. Trump will attend the 121st Army-Navy Football Game at the United States Military Academy in West Point. , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump downplayed the severity of a massive cyber-attack t...

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Trump contradicts Pompeo, downplays U.S. cyberattack By Jill Colvin and Matthew Lee Published  article President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - 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 grave cyberattack against the Un...

Get Permission In his first remarks about the massive hacking operation that leveraged a tainted SolarWinds Orion software update, President Donald Trump on Saturday downplayed the seriousness of the incident and contradicted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who pointed a finger at Russia in a Friday radio interview. In a pair of tweets on Saturday, Trump appeared to question whether Russia was involved in the hacking operation and opened up the possibility that China may have played a role. "T...

Trump Downplays SolarWinds Hack, Pompeo Blames Russia ‘Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority chant when anything happens because Lamestream [Media] is, for mostly financial reasons, petrified of discussing the possibility that it may be China (it may!),’ Trump tweeted. By Michael Novinson December 19, 2020, 01:27 PM EST President Donald Trump played down the SolarWinds breach and shifted blame to China in his first public remarks on a cyberattack that’s ...

Trump hints China responsible behind cyberattacks on US ANI | Updated: Dec 19, 2020 23:53 IST Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): As China-US relations continue to worsen, outgoing President Donald Trump on Saturday said that it could be possible that Beijing had a role to play in the recent cyberattacks on federal government agencies rather than Russia, as was being suspected. Trump further said in a tweet that the true scale of the cyberattacks was great...

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump Saturday downplayed a massive cyberattack on US government agencies, declaring it "under control" and undercutting the assessment by his own administration that Russia was to blame. "I have been fully briefed and everything is well under control," Trump tweeted in his first public comments on the hack, adding that "Russia Russia Russia is the priority chant when anything happens" and suggesting without offering evidence that China "may" also be involved. The...

A State Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday. Adam Schiff, the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said in a tweet in reaction to Trump’s comments, “Another day, another scandalous betrayal of our national security by this president. Another dishonest tweet that sounds like it could have been written in the Kremlin.” The Kremlin has denied any involvement. In his tweet, Trump tagged Pompeo and Director of National In...