US president-elect Donald Trump’s administration will examine ways to impose higher costs on private actors and US adversaries who wage cyberattacks on America, said congressman Mike Waltz, Trump’s pick for national security adviser, on Sunday.



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US needs to do more to make cyber attackers pay, Trump adviser Waltz says

Mike Waltz urges the US to impose higher costs on cyber attackers, following allegations of Chinese espionage.

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WASHINGTON - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's administration will examine ways to impose higher costs on private actors and U.S. adversaries who wage cyber attacks on America, Trump's pick for national security adviser, Representative Mike Waltz, said on Sunday.

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US needs to do more make cyber attackers pay, Trump adviser says

The U.S. needs to “start going on offense” to impose more significant consequences in response to cyberattacks, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) argued, following a massive Chinese hack targeting U.S. telecommunications companies. The Chinese-affiliated group known as Salt Typhoon hacked telecommunication providers earlier this year and targeted President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, and several others. Waltz, whom Trump has tapped…

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US needs to go on offensive over cyberattacks: Waltz

The United States needs to change from a purely defensive to an offensive cyber strategy, and American tech firms can help, said Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), the incoming national security adviser for the Trump administration.
“We need to start changing behaviors on the other side rather than just having this escalation of their offense and our defense,” Waltz said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday.
Waltz said President-elect Donald Trump as wel…

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US Needs to Go on Cyber Offense, Says Waltz

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), who is the incoming White House national security adviser, said over the weekend that the incoming Trump administration is planning to start imposing much tougher consequences on hackers that target the United States. Waltz made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” when asked about communist China’s recent unprecedented hack against the U.S., which officials have called the largest breach i…

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Mike Waltz: Trump To Start Imposing ‘Higher Costs And Consequences’ On Hackers

Incoming White House national security advisor, Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., said that the incoming Trump administration plans to impose much stricter consequences on foreign hackers targeting the U.S.

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Waltz: Trump Plans To Increase Consequences on Hackers

Incoming White House national security advisor, Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., said that the incoming Trump administration plans to impose much stricter consequences on foreign hackers targeting the U.S. The post Waltz: Trump Plans To Increase Consequences on Hackers appeared first on Conservative Angle | Conservative Angle - Conservative News Clearing House

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President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly looking for ways to get tougher on cyberattackers. That’s according to U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., Trump’s choice to serve as national security adviser. Speaking to CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday (Dec. 15), Waltz said the government needed to stop focusing so much on shoring up its cyberdefense measures. “We need to start going on the offense and start imposing, I think, higher costs and consequence…

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Trump Looks to Go 'On the Offense' Against Cyberattackers

In a recent interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation”, Trump adviser US Rep Mike Waltz suggested that the government needs to take a tougher stance on cyberattackers. Instead of playing defense, Waltz said that it might be time to go on the offense. Taking a tougher stance Waltz’s comments seem to come on the heels of a recent state-sponsored cyberattack from a group out of China calling themselves Salt Typhoon. The group was said to have been targe…

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Trump adviser wants to make cyberattackers pay

(The Epoch Times)—The United States needs to change from a purely defensive to an offensive cyber strategy, and American tech firms can help, said Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), the incoming national security adviser for the Trump administration. “We need to start changing behaviors on the other side rather than just having this escalation of their offense and our defense,” Waltz said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday. Waltz said President-elect D…

US needs to do more to make cyber attackers pay, Trump adviser Waltz says

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