The cyber attackers that compromised Colonial Pipeline's systems demanded "millions" of dollars in ransom, sources briefed on the investigation told ABC News.
Antidote to Trump’s ‘big lie’ is endlessly repeating the truth (Commentary)
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Posted Feb 24, 2021
In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, second from left, works beside Vice President Mike Pence during the certification of Electoral College ballots in the presidential election, in the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington. Shortly afterward, the Capitol was stormed by rioters determined to disrupt the certification. Pence resisted pressure from President Trump to throw out votes for Joe Biden.AP
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By Paul Scheele
Paul Scheele, of Oneonta, is a retired professor of political science at SUNY Oneonta. He taught there from 1964 to 1998, focusing on the presidency, Congress, public policy and political interest groups.
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The government says that under 10 U.S. agencies were affected.
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Suspected Russian hack a ‘moment of reckoning’: Microsoft president
Microsoft President Brad Smith calls the recent hack on U.S. agencies “extraordinarily sophisticated and extremely broad,” and wants more action to hold foreign actors accountable.Sergio Flores/Reuters, FILE
U.S. intelligence agencies on Tuesday attributed the recent massive SolarWinds cyber breach to Russia, saying it was likely an intelligence gathering effort against several U.S. government agencies. This work indicates that an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor, likely Russian in origin, is responsible for most or all of the recently discovered, ongoing cyber compromises of both government and non-governmental networks, the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administration, and Office of Director of National Intelligence