“Colonial is a private company and we’ll defer information regarding their decision on paying a ransom to them.”

“As we have said, we will be responding to the Solar[W]inds hack with a mix of actions seen and unseen,” said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.

The connection between China and SolarWinds continues to unravel amid national security concerns over the massive cyber attack that struck the company last year.

"This latest cyber-assault is effectively an attack on the United States and its government and other critical institutions, including security firms."

"We conclude that the Dominion Voting System is intentionally and purposefully designed with inherent errors to create systematic election fraud and influence election results."

Joe Biden blamed Russia for the devastating cyber attack, failing to mention SolarWinds questionable ties to China.