Trump downplays government hack after Pompeo blames it on Russia
by Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#5BVRK)
Secretary of state is first in administration to point to Russia but Trump attacks media over reports
Not long after Mike Pompeo became the first member of the Trump administration to blame Russia for wide-ranging hacks of US government agencies and private companies which have sent Washington scrambling to fill the breach, the president sought to play the hack down.
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