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The most surprising thing about the failure of U.S. intelligence to discover for nearly nine months the SolarWinds penetration of U.S. government agencies, reportedly including the State, Energy, and Homeland Security Departments as well as private contractors, is that anyone is surprised. After all, the National Security Agency, responsible for protecting the communications of the U.S. government, had such a massive hole punched in its capabilities by a breach in 2013 that Michael McConnell, the former director of first the NSA and then the Office of National Intelligence, assessed “This [breach] will have an impact on our ability to do our mission for the next 20 to 30 years.”
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Russia could cut off U.S. food and water supply in next cyberattack, Romney says [New York Daily News :: BC-US-CYBERATTACKS-ROMNEY:NY]
Russia acted with impunity when it hacked U.S. government servers in a global cyber-espionage campaign and could do far more damage next time like cutting off the nation’s water and electricity supply, GOP Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday.
Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Utah senator said the massive cyberattack discovered earlier this week, which officials say could be the biggest hack on the American government ever, must be met with a vigorous response and without delay.
Russia Could Disrupt US Food & Water Supply In Next Cyberattack, Mitt Romney Warns
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney has warned that the United States must take serious measures to avoid being vulnerable to a second cyberattack from the Russian Federation, especially as the Putin-led nation could potentially have the ability to cut American food and water supply lines next time.
According to
New York Daily News, the senator made the comments on Sunday s
Meet the Press after discussing the serious hack that gave Russia access to multiple government agencies and American companies. Major facets of the American political sphere such as the Defense and Homeland Security Departments, the Energy Department, and the Treasury and Commerce Departments were all invaded. Many of the businesses that were hacked included Fortune 500 companies.