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Pompeo blames Russia for ‘significant’ cyber attack on US government agencies, companies
France24 ^ | December 19, 2020

Posted on 12/19/2020 3:30:28 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Russia was "pretty clearly" behind a devastating cyber attack on several US government agencies that also hit targets worldwide, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.

Microsoft said late Thursday that it had notified more than 40 customers hit by the malware, which security experts say could allow attackers unfettered network access to key government systems and electric power grids and other utilities.

"There was a significant effort to use a piece of third-party software to essentially embed code inside of US government systems," Pompeo told The Mark Levin Show on Friday.

"This was a very significant effort, and I think it's the case that now we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this activity."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: cyber; election2020; kgbputin; russia
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To: Wallace T.

21 posted on 12/19/2020 7:16:43 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Russia- LOL
yup heard that before


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