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Biden's options for Russian hacking punishment: sanctions, cyber retaliation

By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Lawder and Daphne Psaledakis

Dec 21 2020 11:46AM

After hacks on US government agencies.

Biden's options for Russian hacking punishment: sanctions, cyber retaliation

President-elect Joe Biden's team will consider several options to punish Russia for its suspected role in the unprecedented hacking of US government agencies and companies once he takes office, from new financial sanctions to cyberattacks on Russian infrastructure, people familiar with the ...

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