The way it actually works is that the Russians will hire a disposable agent, pay them in crypto, and incite them to commit arson or a bombing.

If a foreign nation gets the capabilty to directly strike US soil we are way past worrying about us-east-1

us-east-1 is located close to the NSA and a huge fraction of the American military and intelligence apparatus. And Washington, D.C.

It's probably one of the safest places on the planet.