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Just for the. Amigos
News Flash
No Border Wall Oh Nooooooo
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Transgender mental illness in Canada. I had no idea....
Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.Comment
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Trump remains silent as massive cyber hack poses 'grave risk' to government
Trump remains silent as massive cyber hack poses 'grave risk' to government - CNNPolitics
When President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet at the White House Wednesday as Washington absorbed news of a massive data breach, the heads of most agencies relevant to the intrusion — including the Department of Defense, the State Department, the Justice Department, the director of national intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency — were absent.
After the meeting, Trump said nothing about the attack, which went undetected by his administration's intelligence agencies for months.
As those agencies now mobilize to assess the damage — which the government said Thursday could be more widespread than initially thought, posing a "grave risk to the federal government" — the President himself remains silent on the matter, preoccupied instead with his election loss and his invented claims of widespread voter fraud.
The massive data breach, revealed in the final weeks of Trump's administration, amounts to a dramatic coda for a presidency clouded by questions of deference to Russia and unsuccessful attempts to warm relations with its President, Vladimir Putin. Just as he has largely ignored the latest surge in coronavirus cases, Trump appears to have all but abdicated responsibility in his final weeks in office.
The White House has not listed an intelligence briefing on the President's daily schedule since early October, though officials say he is regularly briefed on intelligence even when a formal briefing doesn't appear on his calendar and a senior White House official told CNN that Trump was briefed on the hack by his top intelligence officials on Thursday.
Sen. Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican who has been a frequent Trump critic, said Thursday it was "stunning" Trump had not responded yet.
"I think the White House needs to say something aggressive about what happened," Romney said. "This is almost as if you had a Russian bomber flying undetected over the country, including over the nation."
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You seem to be under some impression that we care if you knock our prime minister. Lol
Trudeau has done some stupid things and I have called him out on them.
I am not beholden to him, he is beholden to the people of Canada.
Anyone who idolizes a political leader has already closed their minds to the possibility they can do wrong and has the obligation to defend them or simply look the other way when they are doing wrong.Comment
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Microsoft identifies more than 40 organizations targeted in massive cyber breach
Microsoft identifies more than 40 organizations targeted in massive cyber breach - CNNPolitics
Microsoft has identified more than 40 of its customers around the world that had problematic versions of a third-party IT management program installed and that were specifically targeted by the suspected Russian hacking campaign disclosed this week, the company said in a blog post Thursday.
The tech company said that 80% of those victims are in the US while the rest are in seven other countries: Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Spain, the United Kingdom, Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
"It's a certainty that the number and location of victims will keep growing," said Microsoft President Brad Smith, who added that the company has worked to notify the affected organizations.
Microsoft's analysis represents the clearest and most specific assessment yet of the scope of the damage caused by the hacking campaign, which was secretly conducted through a third-party software program sold by SolarWinds, an IT management firm.
"The attack unfortunately represents a broad and successful espionage-based assault on both the confidential information of the U.S. Government and the tech tools used by firms to protect them," Smith wrote. "The attack is ongoing and is being actively investigated and addressed by cybersecurity teams in the public and private sectors, including Microsoft."
Earlier Thursday, Reuters reported that Microsoft had been compromised as well. Microsoft said it has "isolated and removed" a vulnerability in its systems tied to third-party software that had facilitated a suspected Russian hacking campaign.
"Our investigations, which are ongoing, have found absolutely no indications that our systems were used to attack others," Microsoft said.Comment
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Another Trump Administration Failure
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Romney: 'Stunning' for White House not to respond on Russian cyberattack
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Thursday said it was "stunning" for the White House to not issue a response regarding multiple alleged U.S. government cyber attacks stemming from Russia.
The senator from Utah tweeted an abbreviated version of the statement he told SiriusXM's Chief Washington Correspondent Olivier Knox in a prerecorded interview, noting the recent reports of Russian hacks into government agencies showed "alarming U.S. vulnerability" and "apparent cyber warfare weakness."
"I think the White House needs to say something aggressive about what happened. This is almost as if you had a Russian bomber flying undetected over the country, including over the nation's capital, and not to respond in a setting like that is really stunning," Romney told Knox.Comment
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