On Sunday, December 20, 2020, a prominent leader in the Republican Party, Mitt Romney, criticized the reaction of outgoing US President Donald Trump to the US government data breach, which occurred on a large scale, noting that Trump does not see anything when it comes to Russia.
US Senator Mitt Romney confirmed to NBC that a widespread breach of US government data caused "great harm", criticizing US President Donald Trump for his response to the event, saying: "We have to admit that the president sees nothing when It is about Russia. "
Was Donald Trump broke his silence , which lasted a week, Saturday, when he published a series of tweets in which he accused the media of "amplify" electronic attacks on his country on the one hand, Russia is unlikely to be effective, and likely China.
Since Sunday, December 13, the United States of America announced that it had been subjected to a cyber attack, which it described as "large and continuous", targeting a number of sensitive and important entities in the country, in what appeared to be a carefully planned and large operation that was carried out at a high level of accuracy and professionalism.
The information that is emerging day after day indicates that the scope of the breach was very large, as it appears to go beyond nuclear laboratories, the Pentagon systems and the US Treasury and Commerce departments, which will increase the challenge for federal investigators as they try to assess the damage and understand what has been stolen.
He contradicted the State Department
Trump's words completely contradicted what was stated by his Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Saturday, who directly accused Russia of the cyber attack that affected several US government agencies.
The US Secretary of State said that "great efforts have been made to use part of an information program, in order to insert a basic symbol into the systems of the American government." He also added, "Now we can say very clearly that the Russians are behind this attack."
Efforts are being made to reduce the damage of a cyber attack
For its part, Reuters confirmed, Saturday, that security teams in Internet networks around the world are actively seeking to reduce the damage of the cyber attack.
White House spokesman Brian Morgenstern told reporters that National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien is holding emergency meetings daily, if not at a faster rate.
He added, "They work very hard to reduce the damage and make sure that our country is safe. We will not go into many details, because we will not reveal to our opponents what we are doing to address these matters."
These statements come as the head of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, Marco Rubio, confirmed to Fox News Television, Friday, that "the cyber attack is large, and it is more likely that it is still continuing."