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The REvil gang, a major Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate, appears to be behind the attack
The attack came despite President Joe Biden s threat of retaliation to Russian President Vladimir Putin if they continued
The massive scale of the attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies on Friday
John Hammond of the security firm Huntress Labs said the criminals targeted a software supplier called Kaseya
Kaseya earlier in the day had said in a press release that the potential attack had been limited to a small number of on-premise customers only
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Garland: DOJ must ensure all in the federal criminal justice system treated fairly and humanely.
Garland has directed Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco to lead the review of death penalty policy.
Attorney General Merrick Garland Thursday ordered a moratorium on federal executions to allow for a Justice Department review of death penalty policy.
“The Department of Justice must ensure that everyone in the federal criminal justice system is not only afforded the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States, but is also treated fairly and humanely,” Garland said in a memorandum. “That obligation has special force in capital cases.”
Washington: US Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday imposed a moratorium on federal executions while the Justice Department continues its review of the death penalty, the department said in a statement.
“The Department of Justice must ensure that everyone in the federal criminal justice system is not only afforded the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States, but is also treated fairly and humanely,” Garland said in the statement. “That obligation has special force in capital cases.”
Garland’s predecessor, William Barr, resumed use of capital punishment last year after a 17-year hiatus.
In the waning months of the administration of President Donald Trump, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) carried out 13 executions, as the COVID-19 pandemic raged throughout the federal prison system and sickened some of the prisoners on death row and even some of their attorneys.