After massive cyberattack, US hopes to ensure next time isn’t worse

The cyberattack appears to be one of the worst in U.S. history. Hackers – likely linked to Russian intelligence – last spring broke into computer networks at a half-dozen or so American government agencies and hundreds of private companies via clever malware that carves secret “back doors” into systems, according to elected officials and private cybersecurity firms.

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney and others have described the hack as an “invasion” that went on for months and likely resulted in the loss of crucial security and corporate secrets.

But it could have been even worse than it was, say some computer experts. The alleged Russian intruders were in essence spies who apparently were looking for, and then exfiltrating, data. This was espionage, something virtually all nations engage in – even,

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