series of concessions put forward by his opponents. that cut his margin of defeat to a handful of votes. what matters now is who shows up to vote next. senior correspondent congressional correspondent chad pergram has the very latest from capitol hill. good evening, chad. bret, mccarthy finally showed movement towards winning the speakership today. it came after a three days of parliamentary paralysis. mccarthy remains a few votes short but he earned the votes of 15 adversaries today. we ll come back tonight and i believe at that time we ll have the votes to finish this once and for all. i think getting together and just finding the ability to how are we all going to work together? it s new for us. one, being in the majority but being in a tight majority. i think at the end of the day we re going to be more effective. more efficient. and definitely the government is going to be more accountable. the dam finally broke after mccarthy made concessions to. they will score k
mobile alabama came the russian back cyber criminals. the hackers locked up the hospital s records and medical equipment when spring hill refused to pay the ransom ware. rural hospitals, small organizations and major hospital networks. the attack on a continuing basis by these groups. we call these entities signer rich and targets poor. former army intelligence officer. we have seen massive attacks on k through 12 schools and hospitals and all manner of small businesses the engine of the u.s. economy. she helped set up the nation s cyber command and lead the cybersecurity and infrastructure agency cisa. we want to make sure these entities that don t have a lot of resources have the tools, the resources, the capabilities and the information to be able to protect themselves. she recently signed a memorandum of cooperation with ukraine. the russians have been using ukrainians as their signer
US cyber-attack: US energy department confirms it was hit by Sunburst hack December 19,2020
The US energy department is the latest agency to confirm it has been breached in what is being described as the worst-ever hack on the US government. The department is responsible for managing US nuclear weapons, but said the arsenal s security had not been compromised. Tech giant Microsoft also said on Thursday that it had found malicious software in its systems. Many suspect the Russian government is responsible. It has denied any role. The US treasury and commerce departments are among the other targets of the sophisticated, months-long breach, which was first acknowledged by officials on Sunday.
December 18, 2020 Tatjana Muskiet
The US energy department is the latest agency to confirm it has been breached in what is being described as the worst-ever hack on the US government. The department is responsible for managing US nuclear weapons, but said the arsenal’s security had not been compromised. Tech giant Microsoft also said on Thursday that it had found malicious software in its systems. Many suspect the Russian government is responsible. It has denied any role. The US treasury and commerce departments are among the other targets of the sophisticated, months-long breach, which was first acknowledged by officials on Sunday. President Donald Trump is yet to comment on the cyber-attacks. Meanwhile, US President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to make cyber-security a “top priority” of his administration.