In its latest announcement surrounding cybersecurity, the Biden administration said Monday China was behind March’s Microsoft Exchange email server software hack. The hack compromised tens of thousands of computers around the world. The video above shows White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki discussing the international effort to call China out. The Microsoft Exchange hack was…

On the heels of the single biggest global ransomware attack yet, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced Tuesday President Joe Biden will meet with key government leaders Wednesday to discuss efforts to counter the attacks. Miami-based Kaseya said it believes hackers hit about 800 to 1,500 businesses in at least 17 countries with ransom…

Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor and personal lawyer to Donald Trump, is under investigation for possible foreign lobbying once again, this time for Turkish interests, according to multiple reports. The Department of Justice inquiry is looking into whether Giuliani lobbied the Trump administration to drop money laundering charges against gold trader Reza Zarrab in…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American authorities seized a range of Iran’s state-linked news website domains they accused of spreading disinformation, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown on Iranian media amid heightened tensions between the two countries. The Justice Department said 33 of the seized…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is announcing new efforts to stem a rising national tide of violent crime as administration officials brace for what could be a turbulent summer, focusing on attacking gun violence, providing money to cities that need more police and offering community support. The worry over crime is real: It has…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A team of 50 police officers who serve on a specialized crowd-control unit in Portland have resigned en masse after a team member was indicted on criminal charges. During a Wednesday night meeting, officers, detectives and sergeants on the Rapid Response Team voted to resign from the team because of a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal government investigation has determined that the decision to forcibly clear racial justice protesters from an area in front of the White House last summer was not influenced by then-President Donald Trump’s plan to stage a Bible-toting photo opportunity at that spot. The report released Wednesday by the Interior Department’s inspector…

Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount testified Tuesday morning before the Senate Homeland Security Committee about last month’s ransomware attack. Blount called the decision to pay the roughly $4.4 million ransom one of the most difficult he has had to make in his life. He said it was the right thing to do, even though authorities…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has recovered the majority of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment to hackers after a cyberattack that caused the operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline to halt its operations last month, officials said Monday. The operation to recover the cryptocurrency from the Russia-based hacker group is believed to be the…

Five of the stories we’re following right now at Straight Arrow News: The Labor Department will release its May jobs report this morning. President Biden is scheduled to meet today with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the lead negotiator for a group of six Republicans working to seal the infrastructure deal. A CDC report that comes…