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Warner says cyber threats more worrying than 'traditional weaponry'
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https://thehill.com/policy/cybersec...reats-more-worrying-than-traditional-weaponry
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), said Thursday that cyberattacks pose larger risks than conventional warfare, citing the recent SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline hacks as examples of a “dramatically” different security environment that has taken shape over the past decade.
“It means a whole set of cyber risks that frankly keep me up more at night than traditional weaponry,” Warner said during an interview with The Hill’s Steve Clemons.
Warner, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, warned that attacks would continue to occur if countries like Russia and China continue pursuing cyberattacks as a way to target the U.S. Russian government-backed hackers compromised nine federal agencies and at least 100 private sector groups for most of last year by exploiting vulnerabilities in software from IT group SolarWinds.
“It means a whole set of cyber risks that frankly keep me up more at night than traditional weaponry,” Warner said during an interview with The Hill’s Steve Clemons.
Warner, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, warned that attacks would continue to occur if countries like Russia and China continue pursuing cyberattacks as a way to target the U.S. Russian government-backed hackers compromised nine federal agencies and at least 100 private sector groups for most of last year by exploiting vulnerabilities in software from IT group SolarWinds.
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https://thehill.com/policy/cybersec...reats-more-worrying-than-traditional-weaponry
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