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• @realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump on x

  The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality. I have been fully briefed and everything is well under control. Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority chant when anything happens because Lamestream is, for mostly financial reasons, petrified of....

• @realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump on x

  ....discussing the possibility that it may be China (it may!). There could also have been a hit on our ridiculous voting machines during the election, which is now obvious that I won big, making it an even more corrupted embarrassment for the USA. @DNI_Ratcliffe @SecPompeo

• @kyledcheney Kyle Cheney on x

  Nearly all of government is on a war footing, demanding severe consequences for all-but-certain Russian hack — except Trump who provides cover for Russia and connects it to false claim of election hacking. https://twitter.com/...

• @c_c_krebs Chris Krebs on x

  Do not conflate voting system security and SolarWinds. The proof is in the paper. You can audit or recount again to confirm the outcome. Like they did in Georgia. And Michigan. And Wisconsin. And Arizona. Can't hack paper.

• @jimsciutto Jim Sciutto on x

  New: WH officials were preparing to release a statement Friday assigning blame on Russia for recent massive cyberattack but were told to stand down, according to people familiar with plans. @Kevinliptakcnn reporting

• @normative Julian Sanchez on x

  There is absolutely no way anyone can be sure any of this is “well under control.” They're either lying to him or he's lying. https://twitter.com/...

• @nicoleperlroth Nicole Perlroth on x

  Trump has been pressuring associates to downplay the Russian hack on television, calling it a “hoax” behind closed doors. Latest not so greatest with @SangerNYT https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @jonathanvswan Jonathan Swan on x

  As his national security officials gather facts on this cyberattack, President Trump is spending ever-greater amounts of time discussing conspiracy theories with allies including Sidney Powell. https://twitter.com/...

• @nytpolitics @nytpolitics on x

  Hours after Mike Pompeo told a conservative radio host that “we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians” behind the vast hack of the federal government and U.S. industry, President Trump contradicted him and sought to muddy intelligence findings https://www.nytimes.com/..…

• @jonathanvswan Jonathan Swan on x

  “A gap is widening between the POTUS and his SecState on this urgent matter of national security. @SecPompeo faces a choice in the coming days — whether to continue to tell the truth about the hack & whether begin to admit reality about the election.” https://www.axios.com/...

• @levie Aaron Levie on x

  We're witnessing the criticality of having well staffed, well coordinated, and highly experienced cyber security and technical talent in the government.

• @homelanddems @homelanddems on x

  It is completely depraved for President Trump to just now crawl out of his shell to downplay the cyberattack on Fed networks and continue his disinformation campaign. He was silent as Federal agencies spent the last week scrambling to assess the damage. https://www.axios.com/...

• @jonathanvswan Jonathan Swan on x

  Sources briefed on the intelligence say the cyberattack was unequivocally Russia. Bottom line: Pompeo described reality and the president is attacking him for it. https://twitter.com/...

• @alivelshi Ali Velshi on x

  It guess “it also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds” https://twitter.com/...

• @repadamschiff Adam Schiff on x

  Another day, another scandalous betrayal of our national security by this president. Another dishonest tweet that sounds like it could have been written in the Kremlin. Another obsequious display towards Putin. And yet another reason that Trump can't leave office fast enough. htt…

• @debramessing Debra Messing on x

  Putin is attacking our country from the outside, and Trump is doing it from the inside. Hand in hand. What could be more urgent? https://twitter.com/...

• @tedlieu Ted Lieu on x

  Dear @realDonaldTrump: Can you please stop lying? We still don't know the full scale of the damage, and neither do you. But we do know your own @SecPompeo said Russia was behind this massive Cyber Hack. Why do you always bend the knee in front of Putin? What is wrong with you? ht…

• @briankrebs @briankrebs on x

  45 says all the experts (including his) are wrong: SolarWinds hack is hot air, no big deal. China — not Russia — may be responsible. In same breath, says hack could have affected the election. https://twitter.com/...

• @andrewsolender Andrew Solender on x

  Trump breaks his silence on the cyber attack by: - Downplaying its severity - Contradicting his own officials by suggesting it may have been China instead of Russia - Connecting it to his voter fraud conspiracy theories https://twitter.com/...

• @brianstelter Brian Stelter on x

  “Privately, the president has called the hack a ‘hoax’ and pressured associates to downplay its significance and push alternate theories for who is responsible, two people familiar with the exchanges said.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @jimsciutto Jim Sciutto on x

  This is gross national security malpractice. https://twitter.com/...

• @carlquintanilla Carl Quintanilla on x

  (Bloomberg) — At least 200 organizations, including government agencies and companies around the world, have been hacked as part of a suspected Russian cyber-attack that implanted malicious code in a widely used software program .. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @asemota Osaretin Victor Asemota on x

  I like the new Twitter notice. https://twitter.com/...

• @wesball Wes Ball on x

  It's so depressing a chunk of people wanted four more years of this lunacy. https://twitter.com/...

• @rubengallego Ruben Gallego on x

  Voting machines aren't connected to the internet. Your own Secretary of State says it was Russia. It is so weird that you can't bring yourself to say anything bad about Putin or Russia. https://twitter.com/...

• @margbrennan Margaret Brennan on x

  The Acting Chairman of Senate Intelligence @marcorubio also attributes the massive hacking of the US government & private industry to Russian intelligence. https://twitter.com/...

• @gregpmiller Greg Miller on x

  Keeping his record of protecting/defending Putin in all circumstances intact. https://twitter.com/...

• @oliverdarcy Oliver Darcy on x

  Who could have possibly guessed that in his first comment on the massive cyberattack that Trump would attack the media and play down blame on Russia? https://twitter.com/...

• @pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings on x

  It is not a big deal and also it is the media's fault, oh wait, no actually it's China's fault, and therefore also a big deal, and also something something something therefore I won the election.

• @jimsciutto Jim Sciutto on x

  Now the president is not just silent on Russia and the hack. He is deliberately running defense for the Kremlin by contradicting his own Secretary of State on Russian responsibility. https://twitter.com/...

• @b_fung Brian Fung on x

  Trump addresses the hack personally for the first time, says he's been briefed on the incident. https://twitter.com/...

• @nicoleperlroth Nicole Perlroth on x

  The president has been telling associates that the Russia hack is a “hoax.” Been trying to confirm this a.m and then he just...tweeted it out... https://twitter.com/...

• @politicalshort Nick Short on x

  “There was a significant effort to use a piece of third-party software to embed code inside of U.S. Govt systems & it appears systems of private companies & governments across the world as well...we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians.” -Pompeo https://www.state.gov/.…

• @brianbeutler Brian Beutler on x

  How will we ever crack the impenetrable Trump-Russia mystery?? https://twitter.com/...

• @tackettdc Michael Tackett on x

  “Sec of State Mike Pompeo says Russia was “pretty clearly” behind the gravest cyberattack against the United States on record, the first administration official to publicly tie the Kremlin to the widespread intrusion...when President Trump has kept silent” https://apnews.com/...

• @geoffrbennett Geoff Bennett on x

  AP: “Officials at the White House had been prepared to put out a statement Friday afternoon that accused Russia of being ‘the main actor’ in the hack, but were told at the last minute to stand down.” https://apnews.com/...

• @ophirgottlieb Ophir Gottlieb on x

  Hacked Networks will need to be “burned down to the ground” https://apnews.com/... - It's going to take months to kick elite hackers widely believed to be Russian out of the U.S. government networks they have been quietly rifling through since as far back as March.

• @ap @ap on x

  It's going to take months to kick elite hackers out of the U.S. government networks that they have been quietly rifling through since as far back as March, cybersecurity experts say. More than 40 government, tech and other networks were hit. https://apne.ws/vU2C9TH

• @stengel Richard Stengel on x

  “I think it's the case that now we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this activity. This was a very significant effort.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @peterbakernyt Peter Baker on x

  Trump once again seeks to absolve Russia amid allegations of hostile action, contradicting Pompeo and other US officials by saying Beijing not Moscow may have been behind cyberattack and insisting it was not as a big a deal as reported. ⁦@SangerNYT⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @senwarren Elizabeth Warren on x

  I'm gravely concerned about this massive cyberattack. It demands a far more serious response than the President's tweets playing it down and defending Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @peterbakernyt Peter Baker on x

  Pompeo says it is clear that Russia was behind the widespread hacking of US government systems, becoming the first member of the Trump administration to publicly link the Kremlin to the cyberattack. ⁦@nytstevek⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @wylienewmark Horkos on x

  Notable to see a cabinet official assign country-level attribution (i.e., Russia) not only publicly, but in a media appearance as opposed to an press conference or similar official channel. https://twitter.com/...

• @atrupar Aaron Rupar on x

  Did Putin write this? https://twitter.com/...

• @kaitlancollins Kaitlan Collins on x

  Trump here floats that China may have been responsible for the massive hack of the federal government. Secretary of State Pompeo, tagged here, said yesterday, “We can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this activity.” https://twitter.com/...

• @laurenwern Lauren Werner on x

  Putin's orange sock puppet is at it again. https://twitter.com/...

• @aghamilton29 @aghamilton29 on x

  Trump never changes or learns. If people remember, he also dismissed Russia being behind the DNC hack, instead suggestion it could have been a 400 pound guy sitting in his bed. The guy is a clown and the circus is closing in a month. https://twitter.com/...

• @mikeelgan Mike Elgan on x

  Narking on the boss's boss. https://twitter.com/...

• @acosta Jim Acosta on x

  Pompeo says it was the Russians... https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @davmicrot David Rothschild on x

  Starting to worry that Donny Trump's policy of abandoning our traditional alliances with wealthy democracies in favor of a failing authoritarian petrostate is backfiring on US. https://twitter.com/...