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The second piece is really warning. since november, youve seen the department of homeland security, epa, treasury, all going to their sectors giving specific warnings, saying put your shields up. follow best security practices. know when there are geopolitical tensions and when an actor has sophisticated capabilities, we have to be on highest alert. and finally insure we make it harder for adversaries to conduct cyber operations. >> were you really on the frontlines of this and great to have thi...

Vulnerabilities, too. you might remember the solar wind pack, and the software supply chain, multitude of potential attack vectors in the supply chain and remember, weve seen multiple major cyber attacks under joe bidens watch. the pipeline, jbs, microsoft exchange, china-led state hack. devastating pandemic policies. i think striking another blow to supply chain would be like kicking us when were down. >> todd: do we have the defensive capabilities to stop putin? >> i really think we do. the en...

Sophisticated cyber i happening? we have a - sophisticated cyber defence system here with a bunch of talented people. we have seen an increase in attempts and it has been pretty remarkable. we got the shields up and have not had any issues. so just to give you some numbers here, typically, what is normalfor us is about 3 million a week but with the ukraine situation that increased above 30 million a week. so this is normal stuff but, like i said, the shields are up in the administration has been...

M mandiant company discovered it by chance. the question was, a technique they used to get into that software supply, have they used that to get into the thousands of companies that do software supply to other companies? >> what is the option for the biden administration responding? how does the u.s. respond if putin does this? >> first thing we want to do and were doing it now is to raise our defenses. i said years ago that we should do shields up and the homeland security department has taken ...

To pair with health and human services to be sure we shore up our critical health infrastructure. we know vladimir putin has the capability -- >> but can that be done in time? were talking about shoring it up now. this is a threat that existed prior it russias invasion of ukraine, as we know. how concern ready you this may be too little too late? >> i dont think it is too little too late. i think we have to heighten our awareness because we have been doing these things through dhs, si they have ...

On February 25, 2022, two days after Russia began its military invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a rare ‘Shields Up’ warning for U.S.-based organizations, stating: "Every organization—large and small—must be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber activity."

U.S. and local officials have issues stark warnings about Russian cyberthreat.

President Joe Biden singled out India among the Quad group of countries as somewhat shaky in acting against Russian President Vladimir Putin over its invasion of Ukraine.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday urged U.S. companies to make sure...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday urged U.S. companies to make sure...