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Today’s Headlines and Commentary The Justice Department will give ransomware attack investigations a similar priority as terrorism, according to Reuters. New internal guidance at the department directs U.S. attorney’s offices around the nation to coordinate ransomware information with a central task force in Washington. This policy comes after two major ransomware attacks on the Colonial Pipeline and meat distributor JBS in the past month. The guidance reads, “To ensure we can make necess...

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Today’s Headlines and Commentary U.S. officials are investigating at least two possible incidents on U.S. soil that appear similar to previous mysterious, invisible attacks on CIA and State Department personnel that occurred abroad, reports CNN. The suspected condition—sometimes called “Havana syndrome” in reference to an unexplained illness U.S. officials experienced in Cuba in 2016—includes symptoms such as ear popping, vertigo, pounding headaches and nausea, sometimes with an unide...

Today’s Headlines and Commentary The Pentagon is reviewing a request by the Capitol Police to have a two month extension of National Guard forces in the U.S. Capitol, where they have been providing added security following the Jan. 6 attack, writes the Associated Press. There have been continued concerns about potential violence and the request comes amidst news of a “possible plot” on March 4 by a militia group. Currently there are over 5,000 Guard members in Washington D.C., and their m...