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FILE PHOTO: White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House’s task force looking into the recent hack of Microsoft Corp’s Exchange met this week with representatives of the private sector, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement on Wednesday
The group, which met on Monday, “included private sector members for the first time” who were invited “based on their specific insights to this incident,” she said.
Hacking groups are using recently discovered flaws in the Exchange mail server software to break into targets around the world.
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FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen as voters line up for the U.S. Senate run-off election, at a polling location in Marietta, Georgia, U.S., January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday that Russia will be held accountable after a U.S. intelligence report bolstered longstanding allegations that Russia sought to interfere in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the Democratic administration of President Joe Biden is taking a different approach to relations with Russia than former Republican President Donald Trump.
“Certainly the Russians will be held accountable for the action they’ve taken,” she told reporters.
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FILE PHOTO: White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House’s task force looking into the recent hack of Microsoft Corp’s Exchange met this week with representatives of the private sector, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement on Wednesday
The group, which met on Monday, “included private sector members for the first time” who were invited “based on their specific insights to this incident,” she said.
Hacking groups are using recently discovered flaws in the Exchange mail server software to break into targets around the world.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes it will go into talks with China this week with an “increasingly strong hand” and will lay out deep concerns about Chinese behavior on a wide range of issues, including human rights, senior U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Briefing journalists ahead of the talks scheduled for Thursday in Alaska, the officials said Washington would want to see “deeds, not words” from Beijing if it wants to improve ties.
The talks in Anchorage will be the Biden administration’s first face-to-face meetings with senior officials from China, a country it has identified as its most formidable challenge.
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FILE PHOTO: Grindr app is seen on a mobile phone in this photo illustration taken in Shanghai, China March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/Illustration
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway’s influential Consumer Council called on Wednesday for the country’s data protection watchdog to order Grindr to identify and erase any personal data gathered illegally.
Datatilsynet, Norway’s Data Protection Authority, said in January it planned to fine the LGBTQ+ dating app 100 million Norwegian crowns ($11.8 million) for allegedly illegally disclosing user data to advertising firms.
“The Consumer Council is now asking the Data Protection Authority to impose measures to ensure that the company also must identify and delete illegally collected personal data,” the council said.