US cybersecurity agency warns of ‘grave’ threat from hack [Los Angeles Times :: BC-US-CYBERATTACKS:LA]
WASHINGTON The federal government’s top cybersecurity agency on Thursday issued its most urgent warning yet about a sophisticated and extensive computer breach, saying it posed a “grave risk” to cyber networks maintained by governments, utilities and the private sector and could be difficult to purge.
Removing the malware from “compromised environments will be highly complex and challenging for organizations,” the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, said in an alert providing the most extensive details yet about the hack.
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Citing mega hack, lawmakers urge Trump to sign defense bill full of cyber protections December 18, 2020 Surrounded by Army cadets, President Donald Trump watches the first half of the 121st Army-Navy Football Game in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. (Andrew Harnik/AP) WASHINGTON ― Pointing to the huge hack of U.S. government agencies disclosed this week, lawmakers of both parties are calling on President Donald Trump to sign the sweeping national defense policy bill because it contains a host of cybersecurity provisions. Trump repeated a threat Thursday to veto the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, which suggests the pleas are unlikely to gain traction at the White House. Otherwise, Trump’s silence on the attack may suggest retaliation - if any - will be left in the hands of President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration.
SALT LAKE CITY Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, a Republican, called President Donald Trump s silence on cyber hacks believed to have come from Russia inexcusable. They had the capacity to show that our defense is extraordinary inadequate, that our cyber warfare readiness is extraordinarily weak, that they think so little of our ability to fight back from a cyber standpoint that they do this with impunity, Romney said on SiriusXM radio on Thursday, according to the Today Show. So our national security is extraordinarily vulnerable. And in this setting, not to have the White House aggressively speaking out and protesting, and taking punitive action, is really quite extraordinary, Romney said.
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