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The U.S. Treasury Department, shown here in 2019, has been hacked along with the U.S. Commerce Department, according to reports. Russia is suspected, but denies involvement. The U.S. government has acknowledged a breach and says it is investigating to make a full assessment. Patrick Semansky / AP Updated at 5:00 p.m. ET Russian hackers working for the Kremlin are believed to be behind breaches of U.S. government computer systems at the departments of Treasury, Commerce and Homeland Security that may have lasted months before they were discovered, according to U.S. officials and media rep...

Coronavirus digest: Italy COVID death toll worst in Europe Italy now has the most deaths of any European nation from the pandemic. In the US, Donald Trump has declined to become one of the first to receive the new vaccine. Follow DW for the latest. Italy surpassed the UK for the most deaths of any European nation due to the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday. The southern European country registered 484 deaths in one day, one of its lowest daily tallies in nearly one month, but it pushed their total number of deaths to 64,520. The UK has recorded 64,267 so far, according to John's Hopkins Univers...

Covid-19: Trump rejects plan for early vaccines at White House BBC 14th December, 2020 05:52:34 US President Donald Trump has reversed a plan for White House officials to receive a coronavirus vaccine in the coming days. Officials earlier said senior members of the Trump administration would be among the first people to be given the Pfizer/BioNTech jab. But Mr Trump said he had asked for an "adjustment" to be made to the plans. The US has approved the vaccine for emergency use and will begin to roll it out on Monday. The vaccine offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19. The first three mi...

U.S. agencies among targets of months-long global cyberspying campaign U.S. government agencies were ordered to scour their networks for malware and disconnect potentially compromised servers on Monday after authorities learned that the Treasury and Commerce departments were hacked in a global cyberespionage campaign tied to a foreign government. Social Sharing The Associated Press · Posted: Dec 14, 2020 1:41 PM ET | Last Updated: December 14, 2020 The U.S. Treasury Department was among the federal agencies hacked in a wide-reaching cyber-espionage campaign tied to a foreign government, ac...

FireEye said it suspected the attack was state-sponsored. US media reports also said the FBI was investigating a group working for the Russian foreign intelligence service, SVR, and that breaches had been taking place for months. The same group also reportedly hacked US government agencies during the Obama administration. “The United States government is aware of these reports and we are taking all necessary steps to identify and remedy any possible issues related to this situation,” National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot said. Russia’s embassy in the US hit back later Sunday a...