Cybersecurity
Trump Gets Echo of Obama’s Russia Crisis With Lame-Duck Hack
- Trump has shown little inclination so far to punish Putin
- Biden vows ‘substantial costs’ for those behind cyber attacks
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A massive hack on the federal government presents President Donald Trump with the same choice Barack Obama faced in the waning days of his tenure: whether to impose sanctions on Russia, and how severe to make them. So far, Trump has shown little willingness to impose costs.
Confronted with evidence that Vladimir Putin’s government orchestrated cyberattacks aimed at interfering with the 2016 election, Obama levied sanctions against Russia’s intelligence services and expelled 35 diplomats.