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‘The (1/5, story 4, 0:25, O'Donnell, 4.65M) reported “th | national security agencies” issued “ae rare joint statement saying Russia was likely behind the cyber. hacking of multiple government departrients. ” (2/5, stary 7, Q:15, Holt, 6, 11M) said the agencies’ “assessment is a rebuke of President Trump’s suggestion ¢ chat ¢ China might have been behind it.” Likewise, {E/5, Sebenius, 3.5794} } SAYS § the staternent ” the latest contradiction of Trump’s assessrnent of the hack,” end the N ; 23 (4/5, Sar nger, Ba srnes, 20.6M) that iis “a clear rehuke of President Trump's efforts” to cast blame an China. o (1/5, Geler, 6.73M)} says the staternent “had been enproved two weeks aga but was yed at the White House’s insistence, a persan familiar with the matter told Politica,” : Fhe AS (2/5, Tucker) says Trump, “ina series of tweets fate last month, sought to downplay the severity of the hack and raised the unsubstantiated idea that China could be responsibie. : Tues esday’s s statement makes clear that that is not the case, saying the intrusions are Hkely ‘Russian - in ari gin’ . (1/5, Menn} says the statement frarn the Office of the Director of Nationa! id telligence, the FBT, the National Security Agency, and the yeersecnnty and infrastructure ‘Sect curity agency & said that the hacker, s kely Russian im Origin, | respons! ible for most or all of the networks.” The § (5 3, ‘Nakashima, 10. 52M) reports the staternent “said i that fewer ‘than iG federal entities had their networks breached, though that Hst includes major agencies such | ig e Departments of State, Treasury, Homeland Sec vurity, Energy and Commerce. U.S. officials ‘have toid The Washington Post thet they think that as many as 200 government and private-sector | entities at most have been comprornised, though investigators are working to ascertain the scope © ‘ (1/5, Johnson, 12.7M) says the staternent is “the most definitive accounting yet parate statements last month by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and ther- Attorney ; william Berr whe both potted te fhe Kremlin.” CNN (1/5, Cohen, &83.21M) reperts, "While top US officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, hav @ previously suggested thet the hacking campaign was carried out by @ Russian- ‘backed group, Tuesday’s joint statement offers the most definitive and concrete assessrrent about the attack’s origins from agencies invest: gating the incident. In short, the staternent issued by the Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG) clearty ackt rowiedges what US officiais and experts have “suspected since the data breach was first disclosed last month: the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor responsible is ‘hkely Russign in origin.” : Fhe \ ‘3 = (4/5, Gertz, 626K) reports, “The Russian government has denied any involvernent in the attack, which hes raised serious questions about the security of public and private computer networks in both the U.S. and abroad. The cyberatiack affe ac fed about 18,000 government and private networks, including computers at key federal agencies such as the Energy, Trea sury and Commerc e departments.” Sebeniu us, 3. 57M), the 3 Yo! 2, tion Publ Tn an editorial, the 3 : next cyber attack and developing z a “strategy for speed: y recovery ‘from i infil urgent pr iority for the Biden acm stration, “ Weve F sy q FAS RSS SS (4/ 5, Glenn, 62 vcyber attack that targeted “housmnds of sensiti Ve ¢ = computer net works used yf y 90 svernmer at ‘According to the Times, “The hack exploited a flaw in network monitoring software produced 5 by FBI(2 1-v558)- -38