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Pompeo says Russia 'pretty clearly' behind cyberattack on US

by Frank Bajak
| December 19, 2020 7:03 AM

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Russia was “pretty clearly” behind the grave cyberattack against the United States, the first administration official to publicly tie the Kremlin to the widespread intrusion at a time when President Donald Trump has kept silent on the failure to protect government and private-sector computer networks.

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