With nine U.S. federal agencies reportedly still cleaning up after last year’s SolarWinds hack, the Biden administration’s plans to shore up security include $650 million in the recent coronavirus relief bill earmarked for cybersecurity defenses. A recent article suggested that the Biden administration reportedly considered cyber “counterstrikes” — language the White House subsequently distanced itself from — as a form of signaling to Russia that the recent SolarWinds attack was unacceptable.
Washington Post: Want to tell Russia to stop hacking US systems?
This file photo shows cars drive past the headquarters of the Russian General Staff's Main Intelligence Department (GRU) in Moscow on Dec. 30, 2016.
