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following all of this for us. thank you. top of a brand-new hour on "cnn newsroom." good to have you. i'm victor blackwell. >> i'll bianna golodryga. the supreme court just finished hearing oral arguments in two cases challenging president biden's student loan forgiveness plan. the decision could affect 40 million borrowers. the program, which would provide up to $20,000 of debt forgiveness has been on hold after a lower court blocked it back in november. >> conservatives challenging the program argue it will have widespread economic repercussions. the congressional budget office e...

Someone, they haven't said who, some sort of cybercriminal group was able to break into one of their computer systems and lock up some of the data, and then also steal it. so it is what is known as a double extortion method, they have not only data to try to demand a ransom, but also encrypted the system. we don't know if there was a ransom that was demanded. the marshals service and the fbi counsel people not to pay the ransom. it would be ironic if they were considering paying the ransom. we don't have any evidence of that. and i've been on the dark web forums today, looking for claims of re...