EXCERPT:
KIRBY: “Look, I don't want to get into the attribution on this thing, and I don't want to get ahead of the FBI investigation. I would just say a couple of things. First of all, our networks are attacked every single day by cyber actors, state and non-state actors all around the world. It is not uncommon for some of those state actors, Russia, Iran, North Korea, China, to be a part of that process. But again, I don't want to get ahead of where we are. And I don't know that it's helpful to try to read too much into the timing of this attack with Secretary Yellen's trip. Secretary Yellen had a good productive set of conversations with the Chinese. Lines of communication are staying open. That's a good thing.”