News ‘They potentially have the capacity to cripple us’: Romney raises alarm about cyberattack tied to Russia December 20, 2020 Matthew Brown, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘They potentially have the capacity to cripple us’: Romney raises alarm about cyberattack tied to Russia Republican Sen. Mitt Romney warned that suspected Russian hackers "acted with impunity" because they did not expect any major U.S. countermeasures.