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Opinion: Even Hollywood wouldn't have scripted the saga of Putin, Navalny and Trump CNN 12/22/2020 © NGAN/Getty Images/Zemlianichenko/AP In the waning weeks of the convulsive Trump presidency, in the last days of the surreal year 2020, three stories are coming together to produce the kind of cinematic ending that -- like much of what we have experienced this year -- even Hollywood executives might have found too far-fetched to put on screen. In the past day, we learned ever more dramatic details about the assassination attempt against Alexei Navalny, the top domestic critic of Russian Pre...

U.S. must respond strongly to massive cyberattack Once again, Trump is ignoring Russia while too many in Congress stay quiet.  By EDITORIAL BOARD, Star Tribune December 21, 2020 — 5:36pm Text size Copy shortlink: The scale and scope of the recently revealed computer hack of scores of federal government agencies, U.S. corporations and perhaps other targets appears to be unprecedented. The U.S. response must be commensurate. First, an intensive investigation must determine how many entities were compromised and how much damage has ...

comments At a press conference on Monday, outgoing Attorney General Bill Barr became the latest senior official to link the Russian government to a massive and ongoing cyberattack against U.S. federal agencies, even as President Donald Trump downplays the hack and seeks again to shift focus away from Moscow. Experts have specifically blamed the hack on a group known as APT29, or "Cozy Bear," a Russian intelligence cyber unit that had targeted Democratic National Committee systems in 2016. Over the last week it was revealed that perhaps as far back as 2019, hackers hijacked an update...

Joe Biden says US will hit Russia with cyberattacks in retaliation for data hack President-elect said data breach posed 'grave risk' to America and cannot 'go unanswered' Joe Biden said: "I promise you there will be a response" Credit: GETTY IMAGES Joe Biden last night suggested he would launch retaliatory cyber attacks against Russia in the wake of a recent massive data breach of the US government. The hacking was apparently carried out by Russia and posed a "grave risk" to national security that cannot "go unanswered," the president-elect said. Mr Biden said: "They can be assured we will re...

News From Antiwar.com Original and up-to-date news Biden’s Chief of Staff Says Response to Hack Will Go Beyond Sanctions Sources told Reuters that the Biden administration is considering financial penalties and cyberattacks on Russia's infrastructure The incoming White House chief of staff for Joe Biden said on Sunday that the next administration’s response to a recently discovered cyberattack that targeted several government agencies will be more than “just sanctions.” “In terms of the measures that a Biden administration would take in response to an attack like this — I want to...