Chinese businessman with links to Steve Bannon is the "linchpin" of a sprawling disinformation network that pushes election and covid-19 falsehoods, researchers say
Chinese businessman with links to Steve Bannon is the "linchpin" of a sprawling disinformation network that pushes election and covid-19 falsehoods, researchers say
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THE CONVENTIONAL wisdom that you donât pay ransom money because it just rewards the kidnappers and encourages them to do it again is apparently out the window when it comes to computerized kidnapping of major infrastructure.
Bloomberg first reported last Thursday that the Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline Co. paid hackers $5 million in untraceable cryptocurrency after they shut down the nationâs largest gas pipeline, forcing major gasoline and jet fuel shortages along the entire East Coast. That included Virginiaâwhere GasBuddy reported that 52 percent of the commonwealthâs stations found themselves out of gas on Wednesday.
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Mr. Wyden said that his investigation confirmed the Defense Intelligence Agency, a component of the Pentagon, was among government agencies that warrantlessly purchased the location data of Americans.
In the letter, Mr. Wyden said that he wrote the undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security in February with several questions regarding the military’s use of Americans’ location data.
Mr. Wyden said he received answers from the military in the months that followed, but that several of its responses were either classified or otherwise designated as not meant for dissemination.
Among the answers Mr. Wyden cannot share are the military’s responses to the senator’s questions about the Pentagon buying and using Americans’ location and internet data.