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National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, wife are reportedly making Europe event a holiday vacation National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien is heading to Paris on Monday as head of a U.S. delegation to the 60th anniversary of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Convention, the White House announced Sunday. His wife, Lo-Mari, is accompanying him on the lame-duck trip, which will double as "a holiday tour of the romantic Mediterranean and European capitals, including seeking a private tour of the Louvre despite it being closed because of coronavirus restrictions," Most ...

The Kremlin in Moscow, September 29, 2017. (Ivan Sekretarev/AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — US government agencies were ordered to scour their networks for malware and disconnect potentially compromised servers after authorities learned that the Treasury and Commerce departments were hacked in a months-long global cyber-espionage campaign discovered when a prominent cybersecurity firm learned it had been breached. In a rare emergency directive issued late Sunday, the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity arm warned of an “unacceptable risk” to the executive branch from a feared large-...

Shortly after the New York Times reported that the Trump administration was planning to provide doses of the newly-approved Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to White House staff—and a National Security Council spokesperson defended the decision, saying that the public "should have confidence that they are receiving the same safe and effective vaccine as senior officials of the United States government"—the administration has reversed course. On Sunday night, President Trump tweeted, "People working in the White House should receive the vaccine somewhat later in the program, unless specif...

Suspected Russian Hackers Spied On U.S. Treasury Emails: Report The hack is so serious it led to a National Security Council meeting at the White House on Saturday, said one of the people familiar with the matter. Christopher Bing, Reuters  | Updated December 14, 2020 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers believed to be working for Russia have been monitoring internal email traffic at the U.S. Treasury Department and an agency that decides internet and telecommunications policy, according to people familiar with the matter. There is concern within the U.S. intelligence community that the hackers w...

The Technology 202: The Biden administration inherits a major challenge in addressing coronavirus misinformation Cat Zakrzewski with Tonya Riley Joe Biden won’t just be confronting a pandemic when he enters office. He’ll be confronting an onslaught of misinformation about the coronavirus that public health officials are calling an “infodemic.”  The stakes are only rising as experts warn that falsehoods circulating online are undermining confidence in the coronavirus vaccine, as the first doses in the United States shipped yesterday. There’s growing pressure on ...