S.

Companies, many of them as well as federal agencies.

And there's still so much we don't know, including the full scope of the breach, where the extent of the damage it has caused.

But we know this much.

This attack constitutes a grave risk, our national security, who was carefully planned and carefully orchestrated.

It was carried out by using sophisticated cyber tools.

The Attackers succeeded in catching the federal government off guard and unprepared.

The truth is this.

The Trump administration failed to prioritize cybersecurity.

It did that from eliminating or downgrading cyber coordinators in both the White House and at the State Department to firing the director of cyberspace and infrastructure security agency to President Trump's irrational downplaying the seriousness of this attack.

Enough's enough.

In an age when so much of our lives air conducted online, cyber attacks must be treated as a serious threat by our leadership at the highest levels.

We can't let this go unanswered.

That means making clear and publicly who is responsible for the attack and taking meaningful steps to hold them in account.

Initial indications, including from Secretary Pompeo, Secretary of State Attorney General William Barr, suggest that Russia Russia is responsible for this breach certainly fits Russia's long history of reckless, disruptive cyber activities.

But the Trump administration needs to make an official attribution.

This assault happened on Donald Trump's watch when he wasn't watching.

It still has responsibility as president to defend American interest for the next four weeks.

A rest assured that even if he does not take it seriously, I will.