The vast cyberattack attributed to the Russia who targeted government agencies to United States can’t stay ” without answer “, said the future on Tuesday US President Joe Biden, denouncing the inaction of Donald Trump.
“We cannot leave this unanswered”, Biden said at a press conference, calling for “Important decisions” are taken against those responsible so that they “Accountable”.
“This attack took place under the supervision of Donald Trump, while he was not watching”, he added. “His failure will end up in front of my door”, he said again.
“Determine the extent of the damage”
“Securing our cyberspace may cost billions of dollars”, said the president-elect.
“I’m just going to do whatever is necessary for one, determine the extent of the damage, two, how it happened, three, what I will need to do internally within my administration to protect (American cyberspace) in the future “, he listed.
Contrary to many political leaders, including within his government, President Donald Trump has played down this gigantic cyberattack as well as Russia’s supposed role.
Justice Minister Bill Barr, who is about to leave government, once again contradicted the outgoing president on Monday, saying Moscow was behind the operation.
Since march
The attack began in March, with hackers taking advantage of an update to monitoring software developed by a Texas company, SolarWinds, used by tens of thousands of businesses and governments around the world.
The cyberattack also hit computer systems used by senior Treasury officials and hackers may have stolen critical encryption keys, a senator said on Monday.
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