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^ op-ed is by Thomas P.

artappraiser — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 07:05:03 +0000

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^ op-ed is by Thomas P. Bossert, was the homeland security adviser to President Trump and deputy homeland security adviser to President George W. Bush.published Dec. 16 in NYTimes

"The magnitude of the attack

artappraiser — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 06:57:50 +0000

In reply to Sprawling hack of federal agencies spurs alarm in White House

"The magnitude of the attack is hard to overstate. The Russians have had access to a number of sensitive networks for 6 to 9 months. The SVR will have used its access to exploit and gain administrative control over networks it considered priority targets." https://t.co/UyUfoAM8Rj
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) December 17, 2020

Russian hack? Hunter Biden?

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 13:14:00 +0000

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Russian hack? Hunter Biden?

Which more important?

Trump seems to know

AP not so much.

The President already fired the guy who would be leading response out of sheer spite. Now NBC says he wants to fire Chad Wolf, Chris Wray, and maybe Gina Haspel, and you don't point out how outrageous it is to fire the people in charge mid-crisis?
— Dr. emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 16, 2020

UPDATE: #Russia suspected

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 03:34:44 +0000

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UPDATE: #Russia suspected Hack of US Gov agencies

NSA O’Brien cuts EU trip,back in US
3 NSC meetings
Pentagon, State, DHS targeted
18,000 Gov + private entities downloaded Russian hacked software
Microsoft quarantines Solarwind app https://t.co/NG2FxIamMx
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) December 16, 2020

O’Brien’s return is only latest indication of how serious hack is. It’s massive and Pentagon is impacted.

Unclear what US response will be but this is not type of Russian hack that goes unnoticed. Protecting supply chain is priority atm.
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) December 16, 2020

yikes https://t.co/65jzpcds1s

artappraiser — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 22:45:40 +0000

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yikes https://t.co/65jzpcds1s
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) December 15, 2020

"undetected since spring"

artappraiser — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 03:07:53 +0000

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"undetected since spring"

"While President Trump was complaining about the hack that wasn’t — the supposed manipulation of votes in an election he had clearly and fairly lost — he was silent on the fact that Russians were hacking the building next door to him." https://t.co/JrxfXT1s5K
— Will Saletan (@saletan) December 15, 2020

Lawmakers call for action

artappraiser — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 23:48:56 +0000

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Lawmakers call for action after 'devastating' nation state cyberattack on federal government

By Maggie Miller @ TheHill.com - 12/14/20 06:08 PM EST