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Three Hostile Foreign Actors Breached US Federal Courts System In 2020 Cyberattack: NY Congressman

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, revealed on July 28 that “three hostile foreign actors” carried out an “incredibly significant and sophisticated” cyberattack against the federal courts’ document management system in early 2020.

The cyber breach “has since had lingering impacts on the department and other agencies,” Nadler said during a congressional hearing on Thursday.

“Perhaps even more concerning is the disturbing impact the security breach had on pending civil and criminal litigation, as well as ongoing national security or intelligence matters,” Nadler added.

Judiciary

The U.S. Judiciary issued a statement about the breach on Jan 6, 2021, saying that its Case Management/Electronic Case Files system (CM/ECF) had become a victim of “an apparent compromise.” The system allows attorneys to file case documents, such as pleadings, motions, and petitions, with the court online.

The Judiciary added the breach happened because of vulnerabilities in its system that greatly risked compromising highly sensitive non-public documents, particularly sealed filings.

“Due to the nature of the attacks, the review of this matter and its impact is ongoing,” the statement concluded, adding that the Judiciary was working with the Department of Homeland Security on a “security audit.”

Nadler added that the committee learned in March of the “startling breadth and scope” of the system’s security failure. The cyberattack was unrelated to the massive SolarWinds hack that was exposed in December 2020, Nadler added.

The congressman from New York then asked Matt Olsen, assistant attorney general for the National Security Division (NSD) at the Department of Justice, what types of cases, investigations, or U.S. attorneys’ offices were “impacted most” by the breach.

In response, Olsen said he couldn’t speak directly to the nature of the ongoing investigation regarding the effort to compromise the public judicial dockets.

However, He did say his division was focused generally on cyber threats from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.

“This is, of course, a significant concern for us, given the nature of the information as often held by the courts,” Olsen added.

Olsen also said he couldn’t “think of anything in particular” when asked if the break had impacted any NSD investigations.

“I can assure you, based on my own personal experience, that we are working very closely with the judicial conference and judges around the country to address this issue,” Olsen said.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/three-hostile-foreign-actors-breached-us-federal-courts-system-2020-cyberattack-ny

Arizona Attorney General Sues Biden Administration Over Gun-Control Rules

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich says that he’s suing the Biden administration over rules imposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that would treat firearm parts as finished guns.

“The ATF is attempting to overshoot the authority granted to it by Congress,” Brnovich said in a July 27 statement about the lawsuit.

“The rulemakings are unconstitutional, impractical, and would likely put a large number of parts manufacturers out of business.”

The Arizona Republican was joined by 16 other attorneys general, the Gun Owners of America, and other groups in the lawsuit over the ATF rule that attempts to regulate unfinished parts as if they were complete firearms, which, according to the suit, will imperil “the American tradition of private firearms manufacturing that predates the Revolution.”

The suit was filed against the ATF, the acting head of that agency, and the Department of Justice.

The new ATF rules would lead to the “illegal creation” of a federal firearms registry that would require gun retailers to keep sales records beyond a 20-year requirement and turn them over to the ATF instead of destroying them, according to the suit.

“The final rule unconstitutionally subverts Congress’ authority, exercising quintessentially legislative powers in a manner that could never pass either (let alone both) houses of Congress today, which is precisely why defendants have no intent whatsoever to ask for legislative authorization to take such unprecedented actions,’’ the lawsuit states.

“Yet under our Constitution, the president (much less unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats within the executive branch) is not a king who can exercise this sort of unbridled power unilaterally.’’

Ghost Guns

In April, the Biden administration announced it would crack down on what it calls “ghost guns,” privately made firearms that don’t have a serial number.

“Because ghost guns lack the serial numbers marked on other firearms, law enforcement has an exceedingly difficult time tracing a ghost gun found at a crime scene back to an individual purchaser,’’ the White House said in a statement at the time.

The lawsuit revolves around a North Dakota resident, Eliezer Jimenez, who manufactures his own firearms from spare parts.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/arizona-attorney-general-sues-biden-administration-over-gun-control-rules

>>16939419

Has the spam attack been resolved or is it just stopped by the captcha?

>>16939419

So if/when they knock 8kun offline, do you then deploy Odin?

>>16939419

I really couldn't see how Trump could've backed Ron,

as imo he's still beholden to or least has to give the

impression he's beholden to certain factions.

what are your views of the endorsement?

EU should ban all Russians from entry – Latvian foreign minister

The diplomat accused Russia of shelling its own allies’ detention center without providing any evidence

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics has accused Russia of shelling a detention center in the Donetsk People’s Republic, and called on the EU to suspend tourist visas for Russian citizens. Latvia has recently proposed a range of hardline measures against Moscow, including forcing ordinary Russians to denounce their government.

In a tweet on Saturday, Rinkevics accused Russia of the “brutal murder of Ukrainian POWs,” a reference to the fatal shelling of a detention center in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Friday. The facility held members of Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion who surrendered to Russian and Donbass forces in Mariupol in May. Fifty of these prisoners of war died in the strike.

https://www.rt.com/news/559917-latvia-russia-visa-ban/

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First of its kind in Wisconsin | Racine now has its mobile election vehicle, thanks to CTCL grant

The vehicle could be used as an early voting location or voter registration booth in different predetermined locations throughout the year. The purchase for the vehicle was approved in August 2020 for up to $250,000. It is being paid for through the city’s grant from the Center for Tech and Civic Life. CTCL is the nonprofit that received more than $300 million donation from Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg.

https://ground.news/article/first-of-its-kind-in-wisconsin-racine-now-has-its-mobile-election-vehicle-thanks-to-ctcl-grant

Chinese propagandist deletes tweet warning Nancy Pelosi’s plane could get shot down

Chinese government propagandist Hu Xijin said on Saturday he deleted a tweet warning of military retaliation if US military jets escort House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on her visit to Taiwan.

However, he nixed the tweet only after Twitter blocked his account.

Pelosi, third in the line of presidential succession, after President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, started a trip to Asia on Saturday morning, with official stops planned in Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan.

It’s widely speculated she will also stop in Taiwan, which Communist China maintains is a breakaway province, not an independent country, and has no right to conduct foreign relations. The two split in 1949 after a civil war that saw the Community Party take over mainland China.

Pelosi has refused to confirm the reports that she will visit the self-governing island. If the visit takes place, she would be the highest-ranking American elected official to visit Taiwan since 1997.

While he deleted the tweet about shooting Pelosi down, Hu Xijin continued to tweet comments about the trip.

“If Pelosi really visits Taiwan as planned, the Tsai Ing-wen [Taiwanese] authorities are accomplice,” he posted Saturday.

“The mainland will definitely carry out severe punishment actions on Taiwan at the same time. The unbearable consequences will fall on Tsai authorities.”

The Chinese military, meanwhile, conducted live-fire exercises Saturday off its coast opposite Taiwan as the speaker was flying east.

The People’s Liberation Army conducted the drills near the Pingtan islands off Fujian province, the official Xinhua News Agency announced.

The one-sentence announcement gave no indication whether the exercises would include missiles, fighter planes or other weapons.

In a Thursday phone call, President Xi Jinping warned President Joe Biden against “external interference” in Beijing’s dealings with the island.

https://nypost.com/2022/07/30/chinese-propagandist-hu-xijin-deletes-nancy-pelosi-flight-tweet/