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Suspected Russian hackers, who broke into the US government agencies, also spied on less high-profile organisations, including groups in Britain, a US internet provider and a county government in Arizona, according to web records and a security source.
More details were revealed on Friday of the cyber espionage campaign that has computer network security teams worldwide scrambling to limit the damage as a senior official in the outgoing administration of US President Donald Trump explicitly acknowledged Russia’s role in the hack for the first time.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on the Mark Levin radio show: “I think it’s the case that now we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this activity.”
Broad attack by hackers sets cyber experts worldwide scrambling to defend networks Jack Stubbs ,
By Jack Stubbs
(Reuters) - Suspected Russian hackers who broke into U.S. government agencies also spied on less high-profile organizations, including groups in Britain, a U.S. internet provider and a county government in Arizona, according to web records and a security source.
More details were revealed on Friday of the cyber espionage campaign that has computer network security teams worldwide scrambling to limit the damage as the outgoing administration of U.S. President Donald Trump offered little information, according to lawmakers.
In Britain, a small number of organizations were compromised and not in the public sector, a security source said.
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By Max B. Sawicky
As a public service, the U.S. Postal Service has provided a significant boost to the nation’s prosperity and well-being. A strong postal service is essential under the current threats of a pandemic and an economic recession.
The USPS is in financial trouble for no reason other than the Congress decreed that it should be so. The president’s role has been to install a postmaster-general, one Louis DeJoy, to administer the coup de grâce.
In 2006 the Congress enacted the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, requiring the service to pre-fund its employee pensions and retirement health care insurance with revenues from stamps and the like, unlike most other federal government agencies. The result is operating deficits that give DeJoy an excuse to cut services. Such cuts will further reduce revenues, giving rise to further deficits. Rinse and repeat.
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Hackers broad attack sets cyber experts worldwide scrambling to defend networks Suspected Russian hackers who broke into U.S. government agencies also spied on less high-profile organizations, including groups in Britain, a U.S. internet provider and a county government in Arizona, according to web records and a security source.
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