The White House chief of staff in the administration of President-elect Joe Biden has threatened those involved in the cyber espionage operation, and while criticism continues over President Donald Trump's statements, Russia has again denied its involvement, while China criticized the US administration.

Ron Klein, the White House chief of staff in the Biden administration, said that the incoming administration would not only impose sanctions on those involved in the cyber espionage process, but would also take steps to limit the perpetrators' ability to repeat this type of attack.

Klein asked the current White House administration and the intelligence services to provide an unambiguous explanation, believing that they are responsible for the matter and must send messages to hold those involved responsible.

For her part, Biden's candidate for the Ministry of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, told ABC that the next administration takes what is happening regarding cyber attacks very seriously, stressing that Biden will have a strong response to what happened.

Streak criticisms

Criticism of President Trump continues, as Republican Senator Mitt Romney said in an interview with "CNN" that "no one in the intelligence services doubts that Russia is behind this attack, but Trump" blinds himself from everything related to Russia. " Warning of the possibility of repeating these attacks.

Trump had said that the issue of electronic piracy was not as huge as what he described as the fake media.

Trump added - in two tweets - that he is fully aware of the issue, and that everything is under control, considering that the accusation is always directed at Russia, because the media - for financial reasons - are afraid to refer to China, which could be responsible for this.

"The cyber attack is more important in the pseudo-media than it is in reality," he said in a tweet, adding, "Everything is under control. Russia, Russia, Russia, this is the first need to hesitate when anything happens."

Denied reportedly

For his part, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied that Russia was involved in the cyber attacks on US government institutions.

Peskov said in response to the threat of sanctions for piracy, that Moscow has nothing to do with the debate in Washington about the piracy attacks it is exposed to, noting that Washington’s actions in recent years are unpredictable.

He added that these accusations are baseless, and that they represent a continuation of what he described as a blind phobia towards Russia, which is resorted to in all incidents.

As for Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin, he said during a press conference that the United States is politicizing the issue of cybersecurity to distort China's image in the international community and spread misleading information without conclusive evidence.

And he considered that these words and actions contradict the position of the United States in the international community.

A number of countries are waging an unconventional war that is being fought behind the screens (Getty)

Piracy and Damage

A few days ago, the US government confirmed that the recent piracy campaign against federal agencies is ongoing and large, and has affected their networks.

Informed sources revealed that hackers spied on the internal emails of the US Treasury and Commerce Department, and that there were fears that the infiltrations discovered so far were only the tip of the iceberg.

"The situation is evolving, and work is underway to find out the full scale of the attacks," said a joint statement by the FBI, the Cyber ​​Security Agency, and National Intelligence.

The statement emphasized that the FBI is investigating and gathering intelligence information to identify, monitor and put an end to the attacks.

It is noteworthy that while the United States is investigating the damage it suffered from the cyber attack, which officials are likely to have launched last March, NATO announced that after examining its information systems, it did not find evidence that it Has been hacked.

As for Britain, it said it is working with its international partners to understand the extent of piracy and its impact on it.