The White House announced this week that it tapped senior national security official Anne Neuberger to head the administration’s response to a massive hacking operation that targeted several US government agencies. The appointment comes after Senate Intelligence Committee leaders in a letter accused the Biden administration of a “disjointed and disorganized response” to the so-called SolarWinds hack. Meanwhile, cybersecurity experts say both the private and public sectors need to do more to fend off cybersecurity threats. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports.
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