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December 21, 2020

Trump Downplays Cyber Espionage Attack That Penetrated Nuclear Weapons Agency
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In cybersecurity news, a massive breach of U.S. government data
continues to widen, with federal officials now saying the hack targeted
the agency overseeing the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal and five other
government agencies. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday it was
"clear" that Russia was behind the hack. Just hours after he made that
claim, President Trump broke his silence on the issue and said that
China - not Russia - may have been responsible, while downplaying the
scope of the hack. Trump tweeted, "everything is well under control."
Trump's former top adviser on homeland security, Tom Bossert, told The
New York Times it may take years to root out the effects of the hack,
and that "entire new networks need to be built."


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