Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, now affiliated with the American Center for Law and Justice, says America's detractors must learn that it will deter them when they mount cyber attacks.
In a commentary at the ACLJ, where he is the senior counsel for global affairs, Pompeo explained that already this year there have been several "Large-scale cyber hacks and ransomware attacks" that apparently came from Russia and China.
"The Biden administration also recently stated, along with many of our allies, that state-sponsored groups in China were responsible for the Microsoft Exchange cyberattack earlier this year. These attacks on our economy and infrastructure do direct harm to the American people and their businesses, large and small. They must be addressed directly and decisively," he said.
"American leaders must not only draw red lines but also back them up, ensuring our adversaries know that we will respond to any attack on the American people," he said.
Is the U.S. failing to respond to cyber attacks?
"Team Biden now needs to follow up that tough talk with sanctions on Chinese Communist Party officials. We must take a tougher line on the CCP's engagement in corporate espionage, which robs American companies of their intellectual property and uses it to the benefit of the Chinese military," he said.
Americans need to be concerned about Biden's hesitancy to punish those who offend, and, "If Team Biden obfuscates in the wake of the next cyberattack from Russia by avoiding placing blame squarely on Putin and his government and offering only a strongly worded response, attacks like the ones we have seen thus far will become more damaging and frequent."
https://www.wnd.com/2021/07/pompeo-warns-u-s-failing-respond-cyber-attacks/
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