Eric Geller

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Biden on election interference: "It diminishes the standing of a country that is desperately trying to make sure it maintains its standing as a major world power." — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden: "He knows there are consequences. Now look, one of the consequences that ... I suspect you may all think doesn't matter, but I'm confident t matters to him and other world leaders of big nations, [is that] his credibility worldwide shrinks." — PolitiTweet.org

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First Q to Biden was about consequences for another SolarWinds and more election interference. Biden: "He knows I will take action, like we did this last time out." — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden on Putin and Colonial Pipeline hack: "I looked at him and I said, 'How would you feel if ransomware took on the pipelines from your oil fields?' He said it would matter. This is not about just our self-interest. It's about a mutual self-interest." — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden: "We'll find out whether we have a cybersecurity arrangement that begins to bring some order. Because look, the countries that are most likely to be damaged by a failure to do that are the major countries." — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden: (cont'd) "...and to follow-up on specific cases that originate in ... either of our countries." — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden: "Responsible countries need to take action against criminals who conduct ransomware activities on their territory. So we agreed to task experts in both our countries to work on specific understandings about what is off-limits..." (cont'd) — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden, on mtg w/ Putin: "I talked about the proposition that certain critical infrastructure should be off-limits to attack...by cyber or any other means. I gave them a list ... [of] 16 entities ... defined as critical infrastructure, from the energy sector to our water systems." — PolitiTweet.org

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@TonyRomm nothing you do is ever better than anything i do — PolitiTweet.org

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@TonyRomm finfrastructure — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin: "What we need is expert consultations between us. We agreed to that in principle, and Russia is prepared for that." — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin: "So it means that this work is being coordinated in the U.S. I don't think that the U.S. administration is particularly interested in organizing them or looking into it. All they do is to make insinuations." — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin: "We encounter this every year. For example, one of the health systems in a very important part of Russia was attacked." — PolitiTweet.org

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Kaspersky shares new details about an Iranian hacking group's malware, apparently used for domestic surveillance: https://t.co/PpnJfECsvx https://t.co/M0uCG0vVr0 — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin: "For example, we know about cyberattacks on the pipeline company in the U.S., and we know that the company had to pay out $5 million to the blackmailers. Part of that money was returned, as far as my information tells me, but the other part not." — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin: "So in terms of volume and frequency, we have to address that in a consultatory process. We believe that cyberspace is extraordinarily important in general, and in particular for the U.S. and, to the same extent, for Russia." — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin: "In its term, Russia sent, last year, to the relevant bodies of the U.S., 45 such demands, and the year before that, 35, and we haven't had a single reply to that. So that obviously means we've got some work on our plate." — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin: "For some years now, we have received, already, from the [US], 10 requests about cyberattacks on American sites. And our colleagues are saying that this is coming from Russia. And we've had two this year. Last year and this year, our colleagues got an exhaustive response." — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin, at solo press conference after meeting with Biden, says: "As far as cybersecurity is concerned, we agreed that we would begin consultations on that issue, and I believe that's extraordinarily important. And obviously both sides have to assume certain obligations there." — PolitiTweet.org

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Surely they just happened to launch these raids on the day of the Biden–Putin meeting. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is really interesting research. — PolitiTweet.org

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Jon Ossoff urges his colleagues to "remain vigilant in conducting oversight to protect the privacy of U.S. persons" as they oversee U.S. cybersecurity programs. Ossoff raised the issue of Section 215 surveillance with Inglis, who helped oversee the program at the NSA. — PolitiTweet.org

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Rick Scott says he supports Jen Easterly to be CISA director — "she's got the right background to be able to do the job" — but will place holds on all Biden nominees until the president visits the Southern border. — PolitiTweet.org

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Portman also says “we need to figure out who's really in charge and be sure that each of these responsibilities is carefully delineated," and says he expects Inglis and Easterly to help the committee iron that out. — PolitiTweet.org

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Rob Portman says the nominees each "have significant background and record, and that's one reason we had a voice vote today, is that there is a lot of appreciation for the public service that they have already been able to provide and the expertise that they bring to the job." — PolitiTweet.org

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The Senate Homeland Security Committee just voted to advance the nominations of Chris Inglis (national cyber director) and Jen Easterly (CISA director) to the full Senate. — PolitiTweet.org

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@RachAClark omg what a compliment 🤗 — PolitiTweet.org

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@jaclynnbarr @nycsouthpaw @darth wow — PolitiTweet.org

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@Wanderlustin @eleventhirtyate @JordanMaison I didn't agree to this — PolitiTweet.org

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@eleventhirtyate @Wanderlustin @JordanMaison suf — PolitiTweet.org