Supermarket chains and Mobile Phone Operations have also been hit. Microsoft says it is investigating Theissue Microsoft says it is investigating the issue which appears to be linked to the global Cybersecurity Firm Crowdstrike. Microsoft says it is taking what it is calling mitigating actions. The full scale of this problem still isnt clear, but we have had a statement from Crowd Strike and we can cross over to my colleague who joins us from the newsroom with that statement from crowdstrike. Just bring us Up To Date with exactly what they just said within the past few moments. Good morning. Yes, this is a truly global cyber breakdown. The effects are being felt across the world. In the last few moments, we have heard from the company crowdstrike. It seems that cyber Security Update is behind this problem. They said that they are actively working with customers who have been impacted by this. This is not a Security Incident or a Cyber Attack. The issue has been identified, isolated and
The tsa testified before a house homeland subcommittee. This hearing is just under two hours. In maritime security and the subcommittees on cyber Security Infrastructure and protection and innovation. It will come to order for todays hearing titled cyber threats and the pipeline. Lessons from the federal response to the colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee to recess at any point. Thank you Chairwoman Clark, ranking member you men as, and our panel of witnesses for joining us. The impact of the may 7 Ransomware Attack on colonial pipeline was farreaching. As we all know now, nearly half east Coast Fuel is supplied by by the current of pipeline. Entering the cybersecurity of our critical infrastructure last week we heard from the ceo of the colonial pipeline about how his company responded to the Ransomware Attack against it. I also asked him why his company , prior to the attack, appears to have resisted efforts to a
Midterms. I think the basic goal of our democratic friends is to keep relitigating and public what happened back on january 6th, rather than get into a quick solution through arresting those who did it, and security adjustments to make sure it never happens again. Again, his beloved senate chamber was taken over on that day. It appeals apparently were a lot more powerful than those from the grieving mother of capitol police officer brian sicknick, we was attacked, as you recall, as he battled the rioters. He died about is that to be natural causes the following day. Got a sicknick, a modest woman who never dreamed she d be in the public eye, of course just as she never dreamed she d have to bury her own son, she spent the day meeting with republican senators joining other officers who faced the rioters, in a last ditch effort to persuade deng to vote in favor of a serious investigation we of the serious violence on that day. We usually i m staying in the background, and i just couldn t
Former fbi cyberofficial, sean henry, says it s going to take an international effort. They have got to work, collaboratively, with foreign law enforcement agencies to take these people off the field. Reporter: the massive threat from cyberattacks have been looming for years. Former director of national intelligence, dan coats, warned about the threat three years ago. They, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is, literally, under attack. Reporter: the white house, this week, sent business leaders, nationwide, a letter appealing for immediate action. Saying we urge you to take ransomware crimes seriously, and ensure your corporate cyberdefenses match the threat. And the fbi director, also, called out russia in that interview. For knowingly harboring cyberattackers. President vladimir putin, today, calling that nonsense. Calling it nonsense that russia was ever involved in any cyberattacks. President joe biden will get the chance to confront putin at a summit in switzerla