President Donald Trump today made his first comments on the massive hacking of government agencies, disputing the notion that Russia was to blame for the massive cyberattack.
Trump tweeted: “The fake news media’s cyber hacking activities are far greater than the real cyber intrusion activities. Whenever something goes wrong, the priority is always to repeatedly call out Russia, Russia, Russia, because the Lamestream Media (a derogatory term for the mainstream media) is too afraid to discuss the possibility that it might be the Chinese Communist Party (it’s possible!), primarily for monetary reasons. .
He criticized the Chinese Communist Party for interfering in the election: “They probably attacked our ridiculous voting machines during the election. Now it’s clear that I won, and I won big. This election fraud and media corruption has disgraced our entire United States.
More than six U.S. federal agencies, including the Commerce and Treasury Departments, are known to have been hacked. Trump’s claim that the Chinese Communist Party may have been behind the attack contradicts statements made by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and several members of Congress.
We can state quite clearly that it was the Russians who were engaged in this type of activity,” Pompeo said in an interview on the 18th.
A State Department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Republican U.S. Senator Mitt Romney tweeted on the 17th: “This cyber intrusion is like a Russian bomber that repeatedly flew over our entire country without being detected.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has not yet commented publicly on who was behind the massive cyber intrusion.
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