Security News > 2020 > December > Biden blasts Trump administration over SolarWinds attack response
U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden has criticized the Trump administration over the lack of response regarding the SolarWinds response and for failing to officially attribute the attacks.
The SolarWinds hack is "a massive cybersecurity breach against US companies, many of them, as well as federal agencies" according to Biden.
"The Defense Department won't even brief us on many things," Biden said.
Biden urged the Trump admin to fast forward the attack's attribution since the "Assault happened on Donald Trump's watch, when he wasn't watching."
While initial indications from Attorney General William Barr and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggest that Russia is behind the breach certainly fits Russia's long history of reckless cyber-disruptive activities as Biden explained.