Cybersecurity
Trump Downplays Huge Hack Tied to Russia, Suggests China
- President also implies voting-machine attack without evidence
- Trump contradicts Pompeo, Rubio who tied hack to Moscow
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President Donald Trump downplayed the severity of a massive cyber-attack on the U.S. government and suggested China may have been responsible -- even as other U.S. officials are convinced Russia was the perpetrator.
In doing so Saturday on Twitter, the president contradicted assessments from senior officials within his own administration who’ve blamed Moscow for the intrusion of at least half a dozen federal agencies -- including comments Friday night from Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.