Donald Trump Is Talking About Everything but the Alleged Russian SolarWinds Hack
On 12/18/20 at 11:08 AM EST
As authorities probe a suspected Russia-led hack of government networks, President Donald Trump has been publicly silent on the matter.
Even as a slew of federal agencies acknowledged their computer systems appeared to have been affected by malware spread via Texas-based software company SolarWinds, Trump continued to tweet about a presidential election he had already lost.
With roughly a month left of his first and presumably only term in the White House, Trump claimed on Thursday, without evidence, that the outcome of the November vote was rigged, and suggested that the Democratic Party had somehow stolen the election.
Four American Public University System Graduate Students and Alumni Named Presidential Management Fellowship Finalists for 2021
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CHARLES TOWN, W.Va., Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/
American Public University System (APUS) today announced that four master s-level students and alumni of American Military University (AMU) and American Public University (APU) have been named Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) Finalists for the Class of 2021. Since 2011, nearly 60 APUS alumni have achieved this status in the highly competitive, government-run fellowship. APUS takes great pride in playing an important role in developing the leaders of tomorrow within the United States federal government, said APUS Provost Dr. Vernon C. Smith. It s meaningful validation that we have had solid representation in this prestigious program for the last decade.
FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer
BOSTON Some of America’s most deeply held secrets may have been stolen in a disciplined, monthslong operation being blamed on elite Russian government hackers. The possibilities of what might have been purloined are mind-boggling.
Could hackers have obtained nuclear secrets? COVID-19 vaccine data? Blueprints for next-generation weapons systems?
It will take weeks, maybe years in some cases, for digital sleuths combing through U.S. government and private industry networks to get the answers. These hackers are consummate pros at covering their tracks, experts say. Some theft may never be detected.
What’s seems clear is that this campaign which cybersecurity experts says exhibits the tactics and techniques of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence agency will rank among the most prolific in the annals of cyberespionage.
Updated on December 17, 2020 at 12:46 pm
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Our first real taste of a winter storm in nearly two years has come and gone. Those big, white snowflakes quickly turned to rain and slush, then ice, but future weather is looking sunnier.
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Temperatures are set to fall below freezing on Friday morning, so prepare for the possibility of leftover ice and slush refreezing overnight. That could lead to some hazardous driving conditions.