Topics in the News: Cyber
Doug Burgum on War & Peace
: Sep 27, 2023
We're in a Cold War and a Cyber War with China
Q: The U.S. and China are in this fierce economic competition. It's hurting American businesses & farmers, because China targets them in retaliation. Your plan?BURGUM: First of all, [if Americans] have a level playing field, they can outcompete
anyone in the world. But this is part of the larger issue, which is, we're in a cold war with China. The Biden administration won't admit that. But we're also in a economic war through what we're doing with agriculture and energy.
And we're also in a war with them relative to cyber war. We get attacked every day in North Dakota--every state, every school district--all being attacked every day by either China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea. And now we have got a
Biden administration whose whole policy is appeasement, making the world less safe. And then they're also helping Iran get closer to nuclear weapon, then which pushes all of the Middle East closer to China and Russia.
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Source: Fox Business 2023 Republican primary debate in Simi Valley
Doug Burgum on Technology
: Feb 16, 2022
Adopt computer and cyber science graduation standards
Cyberattacks, ransom attacks, all too common these days. It makes cybersecurity education more important than ever. We can and should be the first state in the nation to adopt computer and cyber science graduation standards for everybody in K-12 through
college, through graduate school. Our PK20W initiative, which reflects every student from kindergarten through Ph.D., has already won awards for its statewide approach to computer science and cyber education in workforce training.
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Source: 2022 State of the State Address to North Dakota legislature
Joe Biden on Technology
: Feb 4, 2021
Appoint National Security Advisor for Cyber Technology
We'll take on directly the challenges posed by our prosperity, security, and democratic values by our most serious competitor, China. We'll confront China's economic abuses; counter its aggressive, coercive action; to push back on
China's attack on human rights, intellectual property, and global governance. But we are ready to work with Beijing when it's in America's interest to do so.
We've elevated the status of cyber issues within our government, including appointing the first Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology.
We're launching an urgent initiative to improve our capability, readiness, and resilience in cyberspace.
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Doug Burgum on Technology
: Jan 5, 2021
Essential to invest in protecting the data of our citizens
We can provide citizen-focused service by investing in IT to replace or upgrade our three severely antiquated mainframes, which in one now well-publicized case forced us to hire programmers from Latvia because no one else in the world still worked with
systems that old. And given the persistent threat of foreign national cyberattacks, such as the current SolarWinds attack, it's essential that we make investments to protect the data of our citizens.
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Source: 2021 State of the State Address to North Dakota legislature
Kamala Harris on Technology
: Apr 22, 2019
Cybersecurity crucial to protect elections & infrastructure
Cyberattacks can take a number of forms, but usually to our critical infrastructure. We are vulnerable in terms of our electrical grids, in terms of the systems that hold together our financial systems, our medical care systems. We have got to pay
greater attention. I have a bipartisan bill designed to strengthen states' election systems to prevent the next attack. The leader in the Senate will not put it on the floor for a vote. As president that will be one of my number-one issues.
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Source: CNN Town Hall 2020: 5 candidates back-to-back
Kamala Harris on Technology
: Jan 8, 2019
Cyber doctrine: when is a cyberattack an act of war?
In a world where tech can be weaponized, we need to deploy the very best technology in order to respond. And that means constantly upgrading our efforts so that we are always a step ahead.We need to invest in the innovations and breakthroughs that
we'll need in order to stay protected down the line. That's one of the reasons I've put forward a bill to invest in quantum computing, a frontier technology that would put the U.S. at the forefront of the race for technological superiority. Our pursuit
of innovation cannot be viewed from an economic lens alone. It matters to national security, too. It's also one of the reasons I believe we must be a country that welcomes highly skilled students and professionals from around the world to study at our
universities and work at our companies.
Ultimately, I believe we are going to need to develop a cyber doctrine. As a matter of principle, we will have to decide when and whether a cyberattack is an act of war, and what kind of response it warrants.
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Source: The Truths We Hold, by Kamala Harris, p.242-3
Tim Walz on Technology
: May 2, 2017
Safeguard our online activity from public scrutiny
As technology evolves we must continue to safeguard our online activity from public scrutiny and private exploitation. As a proponent of civil rights, I understand the strong argument made for stronger privacy laws.We must also remain vigilant to
protect our nation from terrorists and those who wish to do us harm. Cyber security is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation.
An effective response to cyber-attacks will require coordination among intelligence agencies, law enforcement, and private owners of critical cyber infrastructure.
However, it is also imperative that we not sacrifice citizens' privacy and civil liberties. I will continue to fight for measures that allow us to find the proper balance between national security and personal privacy.
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Source: 2018 MN gubernatorial campaign website walz.house.gov
Donald Trump on Foreign Policy
: Oct 19, 2016
Condemn Russian & any country's involvement in our elections
Q: What about allegations of Russian involvement in this election?TRUMP: I don't know Putin. He said nice things about me. If we got along well, that would be good. He has no respect for our president. He has no respect for [Hillary Clinton].
CLINTON: Well, that's because he'd rather have a puppet as president of the United States.
TRUMP: No puppet. You're the puppet!
CLINTON: It's pretty clear you won't admit that the Russians have engaged in cyberattacks against the
United States of America, [but] we have 17 intelligence agencies, civilian and military, who have all concluded that these cyberattacks come from the highest levels of the Kremlin and they are designed to influence our election.
TRUMP: She has no
idea whether it's Russia, China, or anybody else.
Q: Do you condemn any interference by Russia in the American election?
TRUMP: By Russia or anybody else. Let me tell you, Putin has outsmarted her and Obama at every single step of the way.
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Source: Third 2016 Presidential Debate, on Foreign Influences
Donald Trump on Technology
: Oct 9, 2016
Proportional response to eliminate cyberattacks
Q: What steps will you take to protect vulnerable infrastructure and institutions from cyber attack, while protecting personal privacy on electronic devices and the internet?TRUMP: The United States government should not spy on its own citizens.
That will not happen in a Trump administration. As for protecting the Internet, any attack on the Internet should be considered a provocative act that requires the utmost in protection and, at a minimum, a proportional response that identifies and
then eliminates threats to our Internet infrastructure.
CLINTON: I will make it clear that the United States will treat cyberattacks just like any other attack. We will be ready with serious political, economic and military responses and we will
invest in protecting our governmental networks and national infrastructure.
JILL STEIN: Negotiate international treaty banning cyberwarfare; create a new UN agency tasked with identifying the sources of cyber attacks.
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Source: ScienceDebate.org: 20 questions for 2016 presidential race
Mike Pence on Technology
: Oct 4, 2016
Cyber-warfare is new tool of US enemies
We have got to bring together the best resources of this country to understand that cyber warfare is the new warfare of the enemies that we face in this country.
I look forward if I'm privileged to be in this role of working with you in the Senate to make sure that we resource that effort.
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Source: 2016 Vice-Presidential Debate at Longwood University
Donald Trump on Technology
: Dec 5, 2011
China threatens US with cyber warfare & industrial espionage
Where do you think Communist Chinese President Hu Jintao plans to direct most of China's educational and economic edge? That's right, the military and weapons industries.What China is doing on the cyber warfare front is equally alarming.
Cyber spying can isolate network weaknesses and allow the Chinese to steal valuable intelligence.
China presents three big threats to the
United States in its outrageous currency manipulation, its systematic attempt to destroy our manufacturing base, and its industrial espionage and cyber warfare against America. The Chinese have been running roughshod over us for years.
Obama claims we can't do what's in our interests because it might spark a "trade war"--as if we're not in one now.
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Source: Time to Get Tough, by Donald Trump, p. 32-33
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