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» Top US officials could be offered the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Monday, but Trump said he'd wait to receive it until the 'appropriate time' Top US officials could be offered the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Monday, but Trump said he'd wait to receive it until the 'appropriate time' Kelsey VlamisDec 14, 2020, 16:59 IST The vaccine will be offered to Trump and other officials deemed essential to avoid a government disruption.Vincent Kalut / Photonews via Getty Images President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday night that he'd wait until the "appropriate time" to receive a coronavirus vaccine. H...

Some U.S. federal agencies, including the Treasury and Commerce departments, have fallen victim to a cyber attack.  Federal officials said Sunday they are now working to identify the breach's wideness and fix the problem. According to an Associated Press report, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity unit investigate what appeared to be a large-scale penetration of the country's government agencies.  People familiar with the matter claimed that the Russian government hackers are behind the hacking of the federal agencies' networks, as re...

‘Top-Tier Tradecraft’ “The campaign demonstrates top-tier operational tradecraft and resourcing consistent with state-sponsored threat actors,” FireEye said in the blog. “Based on our analysis, we have now identified multiple organizations where we see indications of compromise dating back to the Spring of 2020.” All this suggests that as the US government was focused over the last several months on detecting and countering possible Russian interference in the US presidential election — an effort that was largely viewed as successful — suspected Russian hackers were quietly wo...

Lawmakers call for action after 'devastating' nation state cyberattack on federal government Maggie Miller © Getty Images Lawmakers call for action after 'devastating' nation state cyberattack on federal government U.S. officials and experts are calling for action after a devastating cyberattack aimed at the federal government by nation state hackers, which may have exposed sensitive government data for the past several months. "The reported breach of our Federal networks is serious and disturbing," House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told T...

Suspected Russian hackers spied on U.S. Treasury emails, sources say The breach presents a major challenge to the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden as officials investigate what information was stolen and try to ascertain what it will be used for. It is not uncommon for large scale cyber investigations to take months or years to complete. Written By: Christopher Bing / Reuters | 5:13 pm, Dec. 13, 2020 × WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) — Hackers believed to be working for Russia have been monitoring internal email traffic at the U.S. Treasury Department...