Pompeo Blames Russia for Hack as Trump Casts Doubt on Widespread Conclusion
Secretary of Point out
Mike Pompeo
blamed Russia for the
SolarWinds
hack that compromised numerous federal agencies and U.S. organizations, though President Trump reported he was skeptical of a rising consensus in Washington about the country’s purpose.
“This was a extremely substantial energy, and I believe it is the case that now we can say fairly clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this exercise,” Mr. Pompeo reported in a Friday night job interview with radio host Mark Levin.
The remarks built him the first Trump administration official to explicitly say Russia was responsible for the breach, which officers have reported is a person of the worst intelligence failures on history.
Mr. Trump in Saturday tweets performed down the url to Russia, as perfectly as the severity of the breach, differing with his top rated diplomat, who has been a loyal ally.
“The Cyber Hack is considerably bigger