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US Treasury, Commerce Department breached, agency says ABCNews The U.S. Treasury Department and U.S. Department of Commerce were victims of a cyber breach, the agency and a source familiar with the breach confirmed to ABC News. "We can confirm there has been a breach in one of our bureaus. We have asked CISA and the FBI to investigate, and we cannot comment further at this time," the Commerce Department said in a statement Sunday. A source familiar with the investigation tells ABC News it was a sophisticated attack and that very few entities are capable of such. Authorities are investigating...

Covid-19: White House officials to receive some of first Pfizer vaccines BBC 14th December, 2020 12:37:31 Senior members of the Trump administration will be among the first people to be vaccinated against coronavirus in the US, officials say. The officials said some White House staffers are expected to be given the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine this week. But on Sunday, President Donald Trump said early vaccinations would only be offered in specific cases. The vaccine offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 and was deemed safe by US regulators on Friday. The first three million doses of the va...

Hackers believed to be working for Russia have been monitoring internal email traffic at the US Treasury Department and an agency that decides internet and telecommunications policy, according to people familiar with the matter. There is concern within the US intelligence community that the hackers who targeted Treasury and the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration used a similar tool to break into other government agencies, according to four people briefed on the matter. The people did not say which other agencies, but late Sunday US-based IT compan...

Covid-19: Trump rejects plan for early vaccines at White House Published media captionUS Covid vaccine: Three key questions answered US President Donald Trump says he has reversed a plan for White House officials to receive a coronavirus vaccine in the coming days. Officials said senior members of the Trump administration would be among the first to get the Pfizer/BioNTech jab. But Mr Trump later tweeted that people working at the White House "should receive the vaccine somewhat later... unless specifically necessary". The US will begin its roll out of the vaccine on Monday. The vaccine offer...

Don't show me this message again✕ US Treasury department breached by hackers backed by foreign government (Getty Images) Russian government hackers are behind the breach at the US Treasury and Commerce departments, says a report. The hackers have been able to monitor email traffic within the departments for months, and it is not known how many other federal agencies they may have compromised. Now the FBI is investigating the campaign by the hacking group working for the Russian foreign intelligence service, SVR, according to the Washington Post. The hackers, who are known as Cozy Bear or ...