Attorney General Bill Barr said Russia was behind the massive hack of U.S. government computer systems
His statement contradicted President Trump s suggestion it was China It certainly appears to be the Russians, Barr said
President Trump has avoided criticizing Russia and its President Vladimir Putin
Officials are still combing their systems to see what kind of information could have been stolen - including possibly from American spy agencies
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SolarWinds security adviser Ian Thornton-Trump warned company executives in 2017 of cybersecurity risks
He gave a presentation to executives urging them to install a cybersecurity senior director because he thought a major breach was inevitable
He says he resigned a month after his presentation because he claimed the company wasn t interested in making the changes he had suggested
SolarWinds is now at the center of a major data breach after suspected Russian hackers gained access to its common software product
At least 24 organizations across the US installed the software that had been exploited by hackers
This is in addition to the government agencies, including the State, Homeland Security, Commerce and Energy departments that were hacked
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CDC is now tracking COVID-19 vaccinations, and as of Sunday, over 2.8 million doses were distributed and 556,208 were administered.
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As of 8:00 a.m. ET on Monday, the unofficial COVID-19 toll in the U.S. reached 17,848,395 cases and 317,684 deaths up 634,218 and 6,892, respectively, since this time on Friday.
After advising the public not to travel on Thanksgiving and limit celebrations to their immediate household, Deborah Birx, MD, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, traveled with her family from two households during the holiday. (