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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.
How the Russian hacking group Cozy Bear, suspected in the SolarWinds breach, plays the long game
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As U.S. government agencies and thousands of companies around the world assess whether they’ve been compromised in the SolarWinds breach, cybersecurity experts are concerned that the full reach of the suspected hackers may only be just coming to light.
People familiar with the matter have told outlets including The Washington Post that the culprit is one of the most persistent and savvy hacking groups on the planet: the Russian government-backed APT29, also known as Cozy Bear. Cyber threat intelligence firms have been more cautious in assigning blame, even as they acknowledge significant similarities.
Biden and lawmakers raise alarms over cyber-breach amid Trump silence
Anne Gearan, Karoun Demirjian, Mike DeBonis and Annie Linskey, The Washington Post
Dec. 17, 2020
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WASHINGTON - Democrats and some Republicans raised the alarm Thursday about a massive and growing cybersecurity breach that many experts blame on Russia, with President-elect Joe Biden implicitly criticizing the Trump administration for allowing the hacking attack to occur. We need to disrupt and deter our adversaries from undertaking significant cyber attacks in the first place, Biden said in a statement. Our adversaries should know that, as president, I will not stand idly by in the face of cyber assaults on our nation.
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