Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is the first member of the Trump administration to publicly link the Kremlin to the hacking of dozens of government and private systems.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the White House last week.

In an interview on the Mark Levin Show, Mr. Pompeo called the attack a “very significant effort.”

Credit…Oliver Contreras for The New York TimesBy Steve KennyDec. 19, 2020Updated 8:12 a.m. ET

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday it was clear that Russia was behind the widespread hacking of government systems that officials this week called “a grave risk” to the United States.

Mr. Pompeo is the first member of the Trump administration to publicly link the Kremlin to the cyberattack, which used a variety of sophisticated tools to infiltrate dozens of government and private systems, including nuclear laboratories, the Pentagon, and the Treasury and Commerce Departments.

Northern Comment – Is it surprising Russia would only attack the American IT software infrastructure via its supply chain and none of its allies, particularly the UK? Perhaps we do not have the same kind of route into our system?