The Cybersecurity 202: This presidential contender wants to create a Cabinet-level cybersecurity department
to cow the nation's digital adversaries by launching more offensive hacking operations -- but worries about Trump's hesitance to criticize Russia for its efforts to undermine the 2016 election.
During the 2016 campaign, Trump repeatedly spoke on the trail about information hacked from the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign and even urged Russia — which intelligence agencies say was behind the hacking operation — to search out more dirt on his Democratic opponent. “Based on analysis by FireEye, there was never an intrusion in our EVID servers or network,” Ben Martin, chief operating officer for VR Systems, told Politico. “We disagree with the Special Counsel report because top cyber security experts, along with the Department of Homeland Security, have tested our network multiple times since 2016 and they found no indication of a breach or installation of malware on our company network.
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