Sunday, December 20, 2020

Trump contradicts Pompeo in bid to downplay massive hack of U.S. government, Russia's role - The Washington Post

..."The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality," Trump tweeted, despite a federal alert in recent days that called the widespread cyber espionage campaign "a grave risk to" government agencies and the private sector.
"I have been fully briefed and everything is well under control," he said, while agencies are scrambling to investigate and contain major breaches at agencies including the State, Treasury, Energy, Homeland Security and Commerce departments — an effort that is likely to take months.
He also speculated, with no evidence, that the hacks may also have included "a hit on our ridiculous voting machines during the election, which is now obvious that I won big." ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-is-behind-the-broad-ongoing-cyber-spy-campaign-against-the-us-government-and-private-sector-pompeo-says/2020/12/19/8c850cf0-41b3-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

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