Homeland Security issues rare bulletin warning of heightened domestic terrorism threat
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WASHINGTON, DC The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday issued a threat bulletin due to the potential for violence from extremists that object to the presidential transition, hold anti-government views or are motivated by other false narratives.
Acting DHS Security Secretary David Pekoske issued the National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin “due to a heightened threat environment across the United States,” which DHS believes will persist in the weeks following the presidential Inauguration.
“Information suggests that some ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives, could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence,” the bulletin reads.
Microsoft found malicious software in its systems from SolarWinds
It is yet not clear how many people have been affected by the tainted products
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Microsoft said it had detected a malicious version of software from SolarWinds inside the company but that its investigation so far showed no evidence hackers had used Microsoft systems to attack customers.
Earlier, sources told Reuters that the hack was a part of the suspected Russian campaign that has hit multiple United States government agencies by taking advantage of the widespread use of SolarWinds networking management software.
Microsoft’s own products were then used to further the attacks on others, they added.
A New York federal judge chastised the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday after people sent him messages criticizing last week's ruling reinstating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, chiding the government for singling him out in a public notice following that decision.