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Cait Conley: “Ransomware actors, many of whom who are enabled by some of…”

Featuring: Cait Conley, Democratic | Candidate, U.S. House New York, 17th Congressional District

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Cait Conley on her NY District 17 Congressional Campaign and the Fight to Defeat Mike Lawler

Published | Video Starts at 30:28

We see a continued conflict in Ukraine started by Putin, right, Attacking the sovereignty of democracy and then doing incursions into the sovereign airspace of NATO allies. We have very real threats. I talked about it earlier. We have Ransomware actors, many of whom who are enabled by some of our strategic adversaries, like North Korea, like Russia, who are conducting cyber attacks on our nation's critical infrastructure, extorting billions of dollars in costs in ransoms. That is what America's military should be focused on, keeping America safe. Instead, you see the Secretary of Defense, compensating for his fragile ego, going up there and pounding his chest about how tough things will be under his watch. (30:28–30:48)

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Asserts that ransomware actors, enabled by North Korea and Russia, are attacking U.S. infrastructure and extorting billions.

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