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January 17, 2025
Chinese Hackers Accessed Yellen's Computer in US Treasury Breach
January 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM EST US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s computer was infiltrated and unclassified files were accessed as part of a broader breach of the agency by Chinese state-sponsored hackers, according to two people familiar with the matter. The attackers also hacked the computers of two of Yellen’s lieutenants, Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo and Acting Under Secretary Brad Smith, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing sensitive information. Fewer ...
Go to discussionCentral Park Five seek to keep ACLU, free speech advocates from weighing in on defamation lawsuit against Trump
Jan 16th, 2025, 5:19 pm The Central Park Five urged a federal judge in Pennsylvania not to allow several nonparty media organizations and trade associations — as well as the ACLU — to weigh in on their defamation lawsuit against President-elect Donald Trump, saying the effort amounted to nothing more than “bullying” aimed at advancing their business interests. The wrongly-accused quintet sued Trump for allegedly false statements he made during last year’s presidential debate with Kamala Harr ...
Go to discussionThree Navalny lawyers sentenced to years in Russian penal colony for extremist activity
Three lawyers for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny were found guilty by a Russian court on Friday of belonging to an extremist group and sentenced to years in a penal colony. Igor Sergunin, Alexei Liptser and Vadim Kobzev were arrested in October 2023 and added the following month to an official list of "terrorists and extremists". -snip- Human rights activists say the prosecution of lawyers who defend people speaking out against the authorities and the war in Ukraine cross ...
Go to discussionAttempted Attack on the White House with a Rented Box Truck Results in 8-Year Sentence for Missouri Man
Sai Varshith Kandula (20) of St. Louis, MO was sentenced in US District Court to 96 months in federal prison for an attempted attack on the White House with a rented truck on 22 May 2023 in an attack that aimed to overthrow the democratically elected government of the United States in order to replace it with a dictatorship fueled by Nazi ideology. Kandula pleaded guilty on 13 May 2024, to a charge of willful injury or depredation of property of the United States before US District Court Judge ...
Go to discussionBiden administration looks for ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S.
President Joe Biden’s administration is considering ways to keep TikTok available in the United States if a ban that’s scheduled to go into effect Sunday proceeds, according to three people familiar with the discussions. “Americans shouldn’t expect to see TikTok suddenly banned on Sunday,” an administration official said, adding that officials are “exploring options” for how to implement the law so TikTok does not go dark Sunday. snip Mike Waltz, Trump’s incoming national security adviser, t ...
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