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A MUST READ! #CyberWarfare whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat…

They threaten our families’ privacy, like the hackers who breached the credit bureau Equifax last year and made off with the Social Security numbers and other personal information of nearly 150 million Americans.

They extort our hard-earned money, as we saw in the North Korean “WannaCry” attack that held more than 200,000 devices in 150 countries hostage, demanding a ransom.

As our administration’s recent 301 trade investigation found, for many years, China has directed bureaucrats and businesses to find and steal our nation’s intellectual property and advanced technologies, especially those pertaining to our national defense.

Our cyber adversaries also seek to infiltrate our critical infrastructure, including our electrical grid, power stations, so that in some future conflict they might have the opportunity to shut down the nerve center of American energy and our national life.

A single Russian malware attack last year cost a major American shipping company roughly $400 million.

And in 2016, cyberattacks, it is estimated, cost our economy as much as $109 billion.

Cyber attackers also go after government at every level, such as in March, when criminal hackers hobbled the city of Atlanta and crippled many basic services for several days.

In 2014, a foreign government actually hacked into the White House network itself,
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We’ve secured vital new funding for cybersecurity. In our first year in office, we allocated an additional $1.2 billion for digital defense, and next year, our administration has requested a record $15 billion to secure America’s cyber frontiers.

Another new agency???

The time has come for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to commence.

the federal government has long allowed Kaspersky Lab, a Russian anti-virus software, to be installed on federal devices, even though it has a direct relationship with the Russian government and intelligence services. our administration ended the threat last year

Our administration has taken action to elevate the United States Cyber Command to a “combatant command,” putting it on the same level as the commands that oversee our military operations around the world.

Another agency?

the National Risk Management Center.

This new center will be the gateway for American companies who want to work with the federal government more closely to strengthen our shared cybersecurity.

Russia’s goal was to sow discord and division and to weaken the American people’s faith in our democracy. And while no actual votes were changed, any attempt to interfere in our elections is an affront to our democracy, and it will not be allowed.

The FBI has formed the Foreign Influence Task Force to identify secret foreign attempts to infiltrate our society and undermine our democracy.

we’ve also made $380 million available to states to help them ensure the security of their election systems, including upgrading voting machines and the most up-to-date and secure technology.

HOPEFULLY NOT SOROS MACHINES.

Our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, probably said it best when he said, “Give the people the facts, and the Republic will be saved.”

Technologies are shifting by the minute, from the Internet of Things to 5G to artificial intelligence to quantum computing, and each advance is accompanied not only by new opportunities, but new challenges. And just as the threats are evolving, our defenses, too, must evolve.

Tell them we need them to buy American when it comes to digital products and services, not just to support American jobs and innovation, but to support American security. they need to share their insights, ideas, and innovations that will strengthen our collective security.

American people deserve to know that our democracy cannot be corrupted, and that our nation is stronger and more secure, even in the midst of a TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION than it’s ever been before. This, we can do together.

The truth is, as the Old Book says, we should “not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

With the trust of the American people, with the patriotism and collaboration of all of you, ...with the leadership of President Donald Trump, and, I know, with the support and the prayers of the American people, we will defend our nation.