Should the NSA retaliate against Russia for its SolarWinds cyberattack against America?

 

Should the NSA retaliate?

RUSSIA’S SOLARWINDS HACK

Putin ordered the SolarWinds cyberattack on America, a risky bet on his part, for he knows the National Security Agency, NSA, can launch a cyberattack that can penetrate and cripple every major sector of the Russian state, society, and economy, with deniability and redundancy. Should the U.S. respond, in kind? Please take the poll at the end of this post and see how your view on this issue compares to others' (Comments are welcomed!).

    It was a unique cyberattack, one in which separate entities like the U.S. Treasury Department and Iowa State University are forced to deal with the same security problem. The depth and breadth of the SolarWinds hack is still unknown. It is named for a Texas-based company that was used as a staging ground for this only-one-of-its-kind Russian espionage mission, one that is so pervasive that experts still are not sure who was affected and what was stolen.

     Thousands, maybe tens of thousands… maybe hundreds of thousands of companies, schools, intelligence agencies, think tanks, government agencies… and individuals like you around the world have been affected by the suspected Russian hacking campaign. Please take the poll and see how your view compares to others' on this issue, and watch the video, which is quite instructive and eyebrow raising!:

Should the NSA conduct a cyber attack against Russia for its SolarWinds hack on the U.S.? (Feel free to leave a comment)

Yes

No

 

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Robert Morton is a member of the Association Of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) and writes about the U.S. Intelligence Community. He authors the Corey Pearson- CIA Spymaster series.