The world’s powers today are in a balancing act, and there are some out there who would be happy to watch everything crash and burn. Russian President Vladimir Putin is one of those people.
Let’s be real here, the man is a dictator who would love nothing more than for his nation to conquer the world somehow. But he’s not stupid, he’s cunning, and he’d much rather work quietly and in secret ways that are more detrimental to our country than any bomb.
So the only thing standing between Russia and total world domination is the United States. That’s why Putin and his henchmen are taking aim at America from every angle imaginable.
Federal authorities expressed increased alarm Thursday about a long-undetected intrusion into U.S. and other computer systems around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russian hackers. The nation’s cybersecurity agency warned of a “grave” risk to government and private networks.
The hack compromised federal agencies and “critical infrastructure” in a sophisticated attack that was hard to detect and will be difficult to undo, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in an unusual warning message. The Department of Energy acknowledged it was among those that had been hacked.
The attack, if authorities can prove it was carried out by Russia as experts believe, creates a fresh foreign policy problem for President Donald Trump in his final days in office.
Some reports even suggest that Americans’ nuclear sites may have been compromised by the hack, making the entire situation even more terrifying.
