Departments targeted include the US Treasury, homeland security, energy, state and defence.
The president-elect is known for favouring a tone of unity but in his pre-Christmas address he tore into Donald Trump for failing to prioritise America’s cyber security. One of the biggest cyber attacks in US history emerged last week. Hackers spent months exploring the systems of dozens of government agencies and corporations including the US Treasury, the departments of homeland security, state and defence. Federal officials warn the attack is still ongoing. Joe Biden said indications suggest the culprit behind the attack is Russia and that the hack was being planned from as early as last year. «This assault happened on Donald Trump’s watch, while he wasn’t watching,» said Mr Biden. «There’s still so much we don’t know. But we know this much; this attack constitutes a grave risk to our national security.
