Newsroom. Ransomware attacks are so frequent and the government is warning they could cripple america s infrastructure if they are not stopped. Back in april, colonial pipeline was hacked and suddenly millions couldn t get gas. Experts say cyberattacks are up 100%% from last year. We get more from cnn s jessica snyder. Reporter: the biden administration soundsing the alarm of growing threats of cyberattacks. How the fbi approached the response to terrorism after 9/11. A lot of parallels and a lot of importance and focus on us by disruption and prevention wray said. They are investigating about 100 different types of ransomware and many trace back to hackers in russia. Costing businesses and organizations between at least 500,000 and 2. 3 billion dollars in 2020. Ransomware locks up computer files and hackers demand payment to release the files. It shows 300% increase in ransom payments over the prior year. It has affected the gas pipeline operated by colonial that led to gas shortages
course the pernicious part. when you ask somebody do you think you should have a to show an i.d. to vote? yeah, that sounds good. but you re not discussing what it takes to get that i.d. and who has them and who doesn t, and why they don t have them. that is where the truth lies. i try to explain that to people all the time wh. what is accepted as i.d. i m glad he said that. if you have license to carry, that card, you can do it, but if you re a student, your i.d. doesn t work or you know, an ebt card. public assistance. i wonder who has public assistance cards. you know who has public assistance cards, poor people. white and black. and i think you have to look as you said into the intent, and you have to do your research. people say that all the time. why shouldn t you have to show an i.d. do the research and figure out what kinds of people historically don t have i.d.s or who tend not to have i.d.s as to the rest of the population, and so you got to lack at all of
i.d. doesn t work. i mean, you know, or an ebt card, public assistance. you know who has public assistance cards? poor people. white and black. white and black. and i think you have to look, as you said, into the intent. and you have to do your research because people say that all the time. why should you have to show an i.d.? and i say do your research and and figure out what kinds of people don t historically have i.d.s or who um who tend to have who tend not to have i.d.s as to the rest of the population. and so, you have got to look at all of those things and not just at the surface as you said. ask a question or, you know, some question like oh, my gosh. yeah,ve, everyone s going to say yes until you actually get down to the nitty gritty. and they know exactly what they are doing and, yes, is it racist? it is racist. the democrats. because when you know that that s what you are up against, that they are willing to do anything to get power back and you are g
well, i think he can save it ultimately. there are two separate tracks we re talking about. obviously, you have the whole negotiation between the left and the center of the democratic party over the infrastructure bill and the reconciliation, which is the broader social spending package. and, look, they are arguing about a number on reconciliation. one thing politicians can do is find a midpoint between two different numbers, between the progressives and centrist and ultimately they ll get there. the other track, though, is more significant in some ways. not in terms of the long-term impact but the immediate crisis which is that mitch mcconnell, you know, at the moment, is behaving like a terrorist. and he is holding a gun to the head of democrats and indeed to the whole global economy in threatening to have the u.s. default on its debt by refusing to vote for any expansion of the debt ceiling. the important point to remember is that even though he is the one, you know, mak
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