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US President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that a widespread breach of government data, allegedly backed by the Russian government, according to federal and private experts, poses a “serious risk” to national security. that he cannot “go unanswered” after he takes office on January 20.
The large-scale attacks revealed last week affected at least half a dozen US government agencies and left thousands of US companies exposed.
At a press conference, Biden blamed President Donald Trump for removing American defenses against cyber attacks, saying: “This attack happened under the surveillance of Donald Trump, when he was not following it.”
Joe Biden also said he saw no evidence that the cyber attack was controlled. and that your government will take important steps to respond to the violation.
“It is a serious risk and it continues. I do not see evidence that it is under control. I do not see anything. I have not heard anything. The Department of Defense does not inform us of many things. So I do not know anything that suggests that it is under control.” said. Biden to reporters in Wilmington, Delaware.
The attacks were the network technology company SolarWinds and also the security expert FireEye, who reported that the action employed “never before seen” techniques.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the attack appears to have been carried out by the Russian government. The Kremlin denies having any role in the attack.
The next White House chief of staff, Ron Klain, said on Sunday (20) that the Biden administration’s response could go “beyond sanctions.” Klain said that Biden was plotting ways to respond to suspected Russian hackers.
Options the Biden government is considering to punish Russia for its alleged role include financial punishments and retaliatory attacks on Russia’s infrastructure, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
“These are not just sanctions. These are steps and things we can do to degrade the ability of foreign agents to carry out this type of attack, “Klain told CBS’s” Face the Nation. ”
