by Jim Heath | Jan 5, 2021 | Cyber Security, Headlines, Putin
The U.S. intelligence community stated today that Russia is behind a major and ongoing series of cyberhacks of federal government agencies — its first official indication of blame. WAPO: The statement, issued jointly by four agencies in a special task force, counters...
by Jim Heath | Dec 22, 2020 | Cyber Security, Headlines, Joe Biden
President-elect Joe Biden lashed out at Donald Trump over a major hack of U.S. government agencies and companies, saying the president isn’t taking it seriously enough, while vowing to strengthen the nation’s cyberdefenses. Bloomberg: Biden blamed the Trump...
by Jim Heath | Dec 18, 2020 | Cyber Security, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin, Trump
A massive suspected Russian hacking campaign that compromised broad swathes of the federal government and private sector is being called a ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ by members of both political parties. The sprawling attack, which went undetected for nearly...
by Jim Heath | Dec 15, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Joe Biden
Russian President Vladimir Putin today congratulated Joe Biden on having won the American presidential election — more than a month after the Democrat became the U.S. president-elect. Putin had been one of the last major holdouts among world leaders in sending Biden...
by Jim Heath | Nov 25, 2020 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation, Trump
President Trump pardoned a turkey yesterday, and today pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. Flynn pleaded guilty to a felony in December 2017, admitting that he had misled investigators about details...
