Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is warning of possible crippling cyberattacks on the United States of America by Russia. While Mayorkas is saying there are no specific threats, he is warning that we need to be prepared in the event of cyberattacks against our banks, communications, power plants, and water treatment facilities.
Daily Mail reports – The United States has a ‘responsibility to be prepared for potential cyberattacks, the Homeland Security Secretary said on Tuesday, as the world braces for the fallout from conflict between Russia and Ukraine
Russia, which in the past is believed to have launched attacks on U.S. pipelines, finance, and communications infrastructure, is known to be ever ready to seize the moment and strike.
Cybersecurity expert Ian Marlow said that U.S. banks, power plants, water treatment facilities, and communications could be targeted in retaliation for any U.S. response to action around Ukraine, as well as satellites used for GPS navigation, farming, automation, and oil exploration.
Watch our feckless US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who’s allowed an invasion of America on our southern border to continue throughout his term in office, explain the potential cyber threat against the US by Russia:
We have no information to suggest a specific credible cyber threat against the U.S. homeland, but it is our responsibility to be prepared. And that’s what we at @DHSgov do. #ShieldsUp pic.twitter.com/30ytFGUpTa
— Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (@SecMayorkas) February 23, 2022
New York’s Democrat Governor tweeted about the possibility of cybersecurity risks and how New York will serve as the “nerve center for joint, state and federal security efforts:
As cybersecurity risks become heightened, New York needs the best possible protection. That’s why today we’re announcing the first-in-the-nation, statewide Joint Security Operations Center, serving as the nerve center for joint local, state & federal cyber efforts.