National Security Council’s Neuberger Leads Hacking Response

White House Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger is leading the U.S. response to the sprawling cyber-attack on the U.S. government and private sector that was launched by suspected Russian hackers last year.

Neuberger, who led the National Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Directorate before joining the Biden White House, has a series of responsibilities in responding to the hack, said Emily Horne, a spokesperson for the National Security Council. They involve leading U.S. government agencies through remediation of the attack and identifying any problems related to incident response -- “including potential executive actions underway,” Horne said in a Wednesday statement.

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