Donald Trump’s upcoming administration plans to explore methods to make those who carry out cyberattacks on the US pay a higher price for their actions.
As per Reuters, this includes both private individuals and foreign enemies who target America through cyber means.
This plan was shared by Mike Waltz, who Trump chose to be his national security adviser on Sunday, December 15.
The comments were made after US accused China of running a widespread cyber espionage operation called Salt Typhoon.
This operation reportedly targeted and recorded phone calls of senior American political leaders.
The White House confirmed that at least eight US telecommunications and infrastructure companies in the US were affected by the cyber espionage campaign.
It also stated that a significant amount of personal data, which includes information about many Americans, was stolen during this large-scale attack.
Waltz said CBS News' Face the Nation, "We need to start going on the offense and start imposing, I think, higher costs and consequences to private actors and nation-state actors that continue to steal our data, that continue to spy on us.”
While, Chinese officials have denied all the allegations, calling them false information.
Trump defeated Kamala Harris, who joined the race in July after Joe Biden ended his reelection effort after a poor debate performance against Trump in June.
