Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio took to twitter to Friday to encourage U.S. retaliation against foreign hackers responsible for the massive cyber security breach at top federal agencies. "The methods used to carry out the cyberhack are consistent with Russian cyber operations," Rubio, acting chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said in a tweet. We can’t afford to be wrong on attribution, because America must retaliate, and not just with sanctions." The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that the cyber breach began in March by "a patient, well-resourced and focused adversary." Though reports have surfaced suspecting Russian involvement, the security agency has not confirmed who carried out the attacks yet, and President Trump has remained quiet on the subject.

Source: Fox News December 19, 2020 03:21 UTC