According to reports reaching Oyogist.com, US President-elect, Joe Biden ,during a press briefing yesterday, assured US residents that he and his Transition team would make sure Russia gets sanctioned for its suspected cyberespionage operation against the United States.
“Those who are responsible are going to face consequences for it,” said Biden chief of staff Ron Klain said.
“It’s not just sanctions. It’s also steps and things we could do to degrade the capacity of foreign actors to repeat this sort of attack or, worse still, engage in even more dangerous attacks.” he further noted.
Meanwhile, Present US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo have blamed Russia for the massive hack which spanned through over 40 federal agencies, departments of Treasury, Energy and Commerce, as well as government contractors included.
