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Cyber criminals target Congress: 60 members from both parties are left UNABLE TO ACCESS data for weeks in latest ransomware hack
Daily Mail ^ | 6-8-21 | EMILY GOODIN

Posted on 06/08/2021 2:44:08 PM PDT by dynachrome

At least 60 members of Congress from both parties have been unable to access data for weeks in the latest ransomware attack to strike the United States.

The target was iConstituent, a tech vendor that provides constituent outreach services to dozens of House offices, including a newsletter service that allows lawmakers to communicate with residents in their districts and a service to track constituent casework.

It's the latest cyber attack after a series of hacks against the US executive branch and American companies have left many institutions feeling vulnerable and the Biden administration struggling to deal with the situation.

The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, which handles IT security for the House of Representatives, said there was 'no impact' on overall House data and it was working with the company to resolve the situation.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: computers; congress; cyberhack; cybersecurity; internet; nationalsecurity; ransomware
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To: dynachrome

” have been unable to access data for weeks” -— Does this seem worse than January 6th?


61 posted on 06/08/2021 7:43:12 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: rlmorel

I will assist you


62 posted on 06/08/2021 8:23:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord and Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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63 posted on 06/08/2021 8:39:21 PM PDT by bitt ( A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.)
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To: SaveFerris

LOL...God help them.


64 posted on 06/08/2021 9:35:01 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: ealgeone

“Didn’t happen under Trump.”

I actually hope Trump’s people are responsible. And, I hope they publish the emails!


65 posted on 06/08/2021 9:44:07 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: Jim Noble

We should, a la Trump’s joke, ask the Red Chinese to tell us who the “Russian Collusion” Democrats are in Congress.

Then we ask Putin’s Moldavian Beetfield hackers to tell us who in Congress is either on Red China’s payroll (through cut-outs) or are just plain sympathetic to them.

Just think of it as our version of “Spy vs spy” only they all are communists.


66 posted on 06/08/2021 10:28:53 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: rlmorel

😁😁😁


67 posted on 06/08/2021 11:55:02 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord and Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com)
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To: dynachrome

68 posted on 06/08/2021 11:57:34 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: rlmorel

Please remember to get all the fingers.


69 posted on 06/08/2021 11:58:34 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: dynachrome

At least 60 members of Congress from both parties have been unable to access data for weeks in the latest ransomware attack to strike the United States. >>>

Where is the standard Pelosi over reaction?

I mean surely this is an insurrection by conservative racial supremacist hackers ?

Where are the crew mounted machine guns that Nancy wanted on the hill?


70 posted on 06/09/2021 2:13:06 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
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To: dynachrome

I’d like to know which 60


71 posted on 06/09/2021 2:15:29 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: dynachrome

It’s—GASP! ORGAN CHORD!—the 1/6/21 white supremacists, striking again! Build the barbed wire fence higher. Erect guard towers with search lights. Nobody will hack Congress again. Curse you, Donald Trump!/s


72 posted on 06/09/2021 3:54:31 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all the time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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To: scenicsoap

Yesterday, on Dan Bongino’s radio show (Rush Limbaugh’s time slot) he mentioned 800 people arrested and didn’t go into details or didn’t have them. I was not home much to hear primetime news, so I searched using “800 arrested June 8, 2021 and found more info, noting no known media other than NPR. Sorry I don’t know how to link, etc.
It mentions some are officials (it didn’t mention USA or what type of officials), and is massive. I am hoping that there is a connection to these congress officials and that that is why their databases are “ransomed” and is by the FBI. I guess we will see—if a lot of panic is going on that would be a clue.


73 posted on 06/09/2021 5:57:18 AM PDT by scenicsoap
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To: RoseofTexas

The fact that there exists BILLIONS of solar systems and planets in our universe is being used to claim that life MUST be out there: somewhere.


74 posted on 06/09/2021 6:11:39 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Steven Hawking couldn’t use his.


75 posted on 06/09/2021 6:15:04 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: scenicsoap
Sorry I don’t know how to link, etc.

Merely type in the URL address and FR will do the rest.

76 posted on 06/09/2021 6:16:16 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: scenicsoap

See?!

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=800+arrested+June+8%2C+2021&ia=web


77 posted on 06/09/2021 6:17:28 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

http://www.ptbarnum.org/egress.html


78 posted on 06/09/2021 6:20:11 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Especially if it’s an inside job.


79 posted on 06/09/2021 6:30:33 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Elsie

Sorry I don’t know how to link, etc.


Merely type in the URL address and FR will do the rest.

Thanks!


80 posted on 06/09/2021 7:45:15 AM PDT by scenicsoap
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