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Anon Ymous

Sun Jul 11 13:53:00 2021
(*5e05c158*):: Q:  Cyber question, why isn’t the Pentagon’s Cyber Command taking down these Russian cyber criminals so that they can’t, you know, hold the West hostage?

MR. KIRBY:  Look, Lucas, I mean, we’re all mindful of the — the — the threat — the cyber threats coming — emanating out of Russia.  And the president has already announced some measures with respect to that.  We believe — and we said it before that a U.S. response to those threats has got to be whole-of-government.  It’s got to be across the interagency and not just residing in one — in one building and one — one agency.

Q:  Because REvil has fleeced already the largest meat supplier in the world of $11 million.  Now, they want $70 million for taking out some — Swedish groceries and some other stuff.  **Isn’t it time CYBERCOM takes these things offline** —

MR. KIRBY:  I — I’m —

Q:  — like, today?

MR. KIRBY:  I’m not going to talk about specific cyber capabilities that are resident here at the department, and I think you can understand that.  We are all mindful of these growing threats to national security as well as to civilian infrastructure.  And that’s why DOD is part of a larger whole-of-government effort to try to deal with this issue.

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