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WASHINGTONPresident Bidens decision this week to punish Russia for the SolarWinds hack broke with years of U.S. foreign policy that has tolerated cyber espionage as an acceptable form of 21st century spycraft, analysts and former officials said.
In announcing a suite of punitive measures against Moscow, including financial sanctions and diplomatic expulsions, the White House made clear its actions were in response to the full scope of Russias harmful foreign activities.
The administration specifically highlighted what it said was Russias yearslong meddling in U.S. elections. It also said U.S. intelligence had high confidence that Russias foreign intelligence service, the SVR, was behind last years SolarWinds hack, which compromised at least nine federal agencies and about 100 private-sector organizations.
The administration said both campaigns were unacceptable and demanding of a forceful response.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/in-punishing-russia-for-solarwinds-biden-upends-us-convention-on-cyber-espionage/ar-BB1fKznW
roamer65
(36,744 posts)I hope a bomb gets rolled under his car.
Hekate
(90,529 posts)...and from then on Putin must have laughed every day.
Javaman
(62,497 posts)We have been in a war for the last ten years. Just because there arent tanks, guns or bombs involved, it is every bit a war. And we here in the US have been trying to play this off as nothing.
The solar winds hack was in a scale of 9/11, pearl harbor and any other major batter or attack on the US all rolled into one. But as long as the average slob thinks nothing is wrong and they can still turn on the lights and get water from the faucet and still watch whatever they want, nothing is wrong.
The depth and breath of the solar winds attach was so extensive that the very infrastructure of this nation and everyone in it is at risk.
After reading several articles regarding this attack, quite frankly, Im scared shitless.