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Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) (CN) — Hackers suspected of working for Russia broke into the computer systems of the Commerce and Treasury departments, according to multiple media reports released Sunday. “We can confirm there has been a breach in one of our bureaus,” the Commerce Department said in a statement. “We have asked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI to investigate, and we cannot comment further at this time.” The hacking group known as APT29 or Cozy Bear, is suspected of working for Ru...

Top US officials expected to get COVID-19 vaccine this week by Zeke Miller, The Associated Press Posted Dec 14, 2020 2:12 pm EDT Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 2:14 pm EDT WASHINGTON — Senior U.S. officials will begin receiving coronavirus vaccines this week as part of updated federal continuity of government plans that now include terrorism and pandemics as threats to the nation, and its leaders. The effort comes after President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that White House aides should receive the COVID-19 vaccine “somewhat later in the program.” Still, doses are expected to be admini...

Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty Images Originally published on December 14, 2020 6:22 am A Trump administration spokesman on Sunday said top officials in the three branches of government would be among the first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, but later in the evening, the president himself said most White House staff members will have to wait. Top officials would be inoculated against the virus in the initial rollout of the vaccine to ensure the health of essential employees, National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot said in a Sunday evening statement, citing the 2016 National Cont...

US Treasury and commerce department targeted in cyber-attack Published image copyrightGetty Images image captionThe US has not said who is behind the attack on its treasury and commerce departments US federal agencies have been hacked in a way that may have let a foreign power monitor government communications. The Treasury and commerce department have both been attacked. And all federal civilian agencies have been told to disconnect from SolarWinds Orion, a computer network tool being exploited by "malicious actors". FireEye, a company that provides US government cyber-security, says it iden...

Hackers believed to be Russian targeted hugely popular software SolarWinds Global firm SolarWinds reportedly used by Ministry of Defence, Cabinet Office, GCHQ and other government branches as well as all five branches of US military Sophisticated campaign targeted US Treasury and Commerce Departments but impact and reach of the hackers is still being investigated by Homeland Security  British security services are investigating whether Russian hackers stole UK government secrets following extensive cyber attacks on US agencies which used the same security software. The FBI and the Departmen...