Trump Remains Tight Lipped About The Massive Cyber Attack But Continues Pushing Baseless Allegations Of Voter Fraud
President Donald Trump is spending the remaining days at the White House pushing his dubious conspiracy theories, solely focused on reversing the election results. The president continues to ignore the massive Russian cyberattack and a slew of other equally important things except for his own election.
This week, Trump has tweeted and retweeted 96 messages, with a majority of these messages raising questions over the reliability of the election results. Aside from pushing allegations of voter fraud without offering any evidence, he has been claiming that the Democrats stole the election from him.
Aside from that, Trump's tweets also feature the latest updates on U.S. coronavirus vaccine rollout, an analysis of Fox News ratings, a complaint about the Cleveland Indians deciding to drop their team name, paired with Attorney General William Barr’s resignation announcement. None of his tweets allude to the massive cyberattack that top U.S. officials believe were administered by Russian hackers, The New York Times reported.
America's cybersecurity agency has warned that the aforesaid cyberattack was a grave threat to private networks, as well as the government. In a meeting with congressional staffers, the CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) described the breach as highly sophisticated, noting that it would take several weeks to figure out the number of agencies affected by the attack and the extent to which sensitive information and data may have been compromised, according to Yahoo News.
Reports about the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments been breached by a group of hackers known as Cozy Bear surfaced on Sunday. Cozy Bear is a Russian military intelligence unit that has been behind previous hacks into government agencies.
On the day of the attack, Trump was at his golf resort in Virginia, spending his time playing golf and tweeting complaints about the election. On Wednesday, the president held a Cabinet meeting at the White House but did not allow reporters inside. The golf outing is the only time he was spotted in public this week.
In an interview with Sirius XM, Sen. Mitt Romney called Trump's lack of response regarding the cyberattack "extraordinary," adding that the attackers showed that America's defense is extraordinarily inadequate and the nation's cyberwarfare readiness is vulnerable. He also accused Kremlin of acting with impunity during the interview.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked about the seriousness of this cyberattack and whether the administration plans to retaliate against Russia at a press briefing earlier this week. She said the U.S. government is aware of these reports and is taking the necessary steps to detect and fix any issues related to the situation.