#Chris Krebs takes blame for massive government hack

#Chris Krebs takes blame for massive government hack

“#Chris Krebs takes blame for massive government hack” ​The former head of cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security accepted the blame for the hack that infiltrated the computer systems of a number of federal agencies, including the Pentagon, and scores of companies in the private sector. In a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of…

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#Sarah Palin calls for Julian Assange’s pardon

#Sarah Palin calls for Julian Assange’s pardon

“#Sarah Palin calls for Julian Assange’s pardon” Julian Assange has an unlikely new defender: Sarah Palin, one of his best-known victims. “I am the first one to admit when I make a mistake,” the former Alaska governor said in a two-minute video posted to YouTube Saturday. Wikileaks, the website Assange ran to disseminate purloined data,…

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#White House Officials ‘Increasingly Alarmed’ By Donald Trump’s ‘Power Grab’ Actions Ahead Of Transition

#White House Officials ‘Increasingly Alarmed’ By Donald Trump’s ‘Power Grab’ Actions Ahead Of Transition

“#White House Officials ‘Increasingly Alarmed’ By Donald Trump’s ‘Power Grab’ Actions Ahead Of Transition ” Senior administration officials working for Donald Trump are becoming “increasingly alarmed” over how they believe the President might “unleash and abuse” the power of government in an effort to overturn the result of his election loss to Joe Biden. That’s the thrust…

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#Ex-cyber official escapes blame for government hack

#Ex-cyber official escapes blame for government hack

“#Ex-cyber official escapes blame for government hack” It’s the hack attack that lacks blowback. Christopher Krebs was the director of the federal government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in March, when a massive breach of the nation’s computer systems — allegedly conducted by Russia — took hold and began to spread. But while Krebs…

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#Kanye-Trump bromance shows how GOP should court black voters

#Kanye-Trump bromance shows how GOP should court black voters

“#Kanye-Trump bromance shows how GOP should court black voters” The Trump campaign’s outreach efforts to rappers were largely dismissed as cringey stunts: the smiling thumbs-up photo-op with Lil Wayne; Jared Kushner’s three-hour meeting with Ice Cube; Trump’s introduction of Lil Pump as “Lil Pimp” at a Grand Rapids rally. It was all so easy to…

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