treasury and commerce departments. sources say it may be one of the biggest and most sophisticated hacks in years, and it may have been launched in the spring. the fbi and homeland security trying to determine if other agencies were affected. "the new york times" reports email systems were breached. >> it is possible they are looking for information regarding our knowledge of covid-19 vaccines. that's been something that's been thrown out. it's anybody's guess right now but one thing is that it's a widespread attack. it's most likely larger than what we currently understand. >> the company that provides the software for the government agency calls the attack highly sophisticated and says it is working with law enforcement. >>> now to the other big story this morning. the electoral college is voting today to finalize results of the presidential election, and overnight we learned that state lawmakers in michigan have closed their offices today because of credible threats of violence. abc's elizabeth schulze is in washing

commerce department was initially reported back in november the final list of companies names $103.00 total entities $58.00 from china down from the original reports of $89.00 with $45.00 russian and up from initial reports of $28.00 now the move comes after the us administration added 60 more chinese companies including semiconductor manufacturing international corporation and drone maker d.j. on. to an export blacklist u.s. companies will be required to obtain licenses to sell equipment and technologies to firms on that black list for more on the rising economic tensions between the world's 2 largest economies go ahead and bring in a john dean of the miami herbert business school. is a pleasure to have you on the show these military end user companies include the aviation aerospace industry there's a lot from those industries what are some of the implications of this. tightening of the commercial restrictions on the chinese companies extending from the 5 g. a rino with a focus on one way to now a broader base so they include companies that are. said to be dealing with chinese milita

commerce department was initially reported back in november the final list of companies names $103.00 total entities $58.00 from china down from the original reports of $89.00 with $45.00 russian and these up from initial reports of $28.00 now the move comes after the us administration added 60 more chinese companies including semiconductor manufacturing international corporation and drone maker d j i to an export blacklist us companies will be required to obtain licenses to sell equipment technologies to firms on that blacklist for more on the rising economic tensions between the world's 2 largest economies go ahead and bring in a john dean of the miami herbert business school. is a pleasure to have you on the show these military end user companies include the aviation aerospace industry there's a lot from those industries what are some of the implications of this. tightening of the commercial restrictions on the chinese companies extending from the 5 g. with the focus on one way to now a broader base so that includes companies that are. said to be dealing with chinese military or wi

commerce department was initially reported back in november the final list of companies names $103.00 total entities $58.00 from china down from the original reports of $89.00 with $45.00 russian and these up from initial reports of $28.00 now the move comes after the us administration added 60 more chinese companies including semiconductor manufacturing international corporation and drone maker d j i to an export blacklist us companies will be required to obtain licenses to sell equipment and technologies to firms on that blacklist for more on the rising economic tensions between the world's 2 largest economies go ahead and. bring in the john dean of the miami herbert business school is a pleasure to have you on the show these military end user companies include the aviation aerospace industry there's a lot from those industries what are some of the implications of this. tightening of the commercial restrictions on chinese companies extending from the 5 g. a reno with the focus on one way to now a broader base of includes companies that are said to be dealing with chinese military or

commerce department was initially reported back in november the final list of companies names $103.00 total entities $58.00 from china down from the original reports of $89.00 with $45.00 russian and these up from initial reports of $28.00 now the move comes after the us administration added 60 more chinese companies including semiconductor manufacturing international corporation and drone maker. d.j. ai to an export blacklist us companies will be required to obtain licenses to sell equipment and technologies to firms on that blacklist for more on the rising economic tensions between the world's 2 largest economies go ahead and bring in john quelch dean of the miami herbert business school dean quotes always a pleasure to have you on the show these military end user companies include the aviation aerospace industry there's a lot from those industries what are some of the implications of this. tightening of the commercial restrictions on chinese companies extending from the 5 g. a rino with a focus on one way to now a broader base of includes companies that are. said to be dealing with

including the treasury and commerce departments. china's lunar probe touches down bringing back moon rocks for the 1st time in over 40 years plus. and i'm on the richardson in doha where the hosts of the 20.

>> we have confirmation from the commerce department there has been a cyber breech. commerce department spokesman saying we can confirm there is a breech in one of our boroughs, we have asked the cyber security and infrastructure protection security from the fbi to investigate. we can't comment further at this time. the security council saying they are looking into the reports and taking all necessary steps to identify and remedy any possible issues related to this situation. as far as what that situation is, we are still getting all of the details on this. according to a report that broke an hour ago from reuters, there was a breech of internal government e-mail systems, treasury and a unit of the telecommunications and information administration. reuters saeting three people familiar with the matter, said it affected their e-mail system, 365 platform, they were backed by a foreign government entity. we don't know which one. there is concern within the government that there could be other agencies affected by the breech. reuters said the situation was serious enough

including the treasury and commerce department. china's lunar probe touches down bringing back moving rocks for the 1st time in over 40 years plus. 2022 football world cup a run of the rights to hold another huge sporting event. the united states has registered a double record for highest single day increases of both coronavirus deaths and infections johns hopkins university has released figures saying that more than 3700 deaths and 250000 new cases were registered on wednesday as the world's worst affected country by far rollout of the 1st batch of vaccines is now in its 3rd day . for years vice president mike pence plans to get vaccinated against code 19 on friday the white house says he and his wife received their shots at a public event president trump is also open to taking the vaccine as well that's according to his press secretary was not said though when he would get the shot. and president elect joe biden will receive the vaccine as early as next week biden says he aims to do so in public to demonstrate his confidence in t

in response they pointed to secretary ross' opposite the commerce department. they explained they collected documents and sent them to general counsel but then they were quote not for release end quote. when our staff asked why not they indicated secretary ross's office was withholding these documents with concern about quote ongoing litigation end quote. this is entirely unacceptable. the existence of separate litigation is not a valid reason to withhold documents from congress. in addition the administraon explains their withholding these documents because of ongoing litigation and raises serious usquestions about whether they e seeking to conceal information. not just from congress but from the judiciary. just this week on monday the supreme court heard oral arguments in a case involving the present order to exclude an documented immigrants from the census count. at the same time the trump administration was blocking these documents from coming out. nevertheless despite the trump administration's instruction our committee has now been able to obtain. these i

the commerce department confirmed there was a breach in its department, saying it has asked the fbi in the cyber security and infrastructure security agencies to investigate. in the reuters report, three people familiar with the hack say russia is currently believed to be responsible. the hackers may have deployed a vulnerability in my the used server software from a company called solar winds. the company provides tech services to large companies and several government agencies. the cleveland indians will be changing its name. it is the latest pro sports team to drop a moniker that many see as racist towards native americans. the baseball franchise had already phased out its former mascot. no new name has been announced. earlier this year, the washington football team dropped the name redskins. that is your cbs money watch report. at the cbs broadcast center, i'm diane king hall. >>> drivers in the sierra are facing some dangerous conditions this morning. at this gas station off i-80, dozens of cars stopped overnight to buy tire change. low visibility and heavy snow is forcing caltran

we also requested documents repaired for the department of commerce, including the commerce secretary. but in response to our request, they gave us nothing, absolutely nothing, not even a single page. were due a week ago, and the census is in its most critical stage. yet the trump administration seems to believe they owe congress nothing, no documents whatsoever. last week, we held a bipartisan staff re-think with the director and his top aides. hadn'td them why they turned over any of the documents we were seeking. in response, they pointed to theetary ross's office at commerce department and explained they collected documents and sent them to secretary ross's general counsel counsel, but they were "not cleared for release." not,our staff asked why they indicated secretary ross's office was withholding the going -- due to "on ongoing litigation." unacceptable. of litigation is not a valid reason to withhold documents from congress. in addition, the administration claimed that they are withholding these documents because of ongoing litigation raises serious questions about whether the

and department of commerce. the white house confirmed to nbc news that it is investigating reuters reported that foreign government-backed hackers gained access to internal government emails. nbc news has not yet confirmed the details of that report, but the commerce department has confirmed to nbc that there has been a breach in one of its bureaus and they've asked the fbi to investigate. let's go to national security and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. ken, tell us what we know right now, what you're hearing. >> yeah. actually, maria teresa nbc news has confirmed through a source familiar with the matter that the u.s. believes these were russian hackers. in fact, the russian version of the cia, the svr, that broke into both the treasury and commerce departments and potentially other government agencies as well as private entities. we reported last week that this same agency hacked the private cybersecurity company fireeye, which plays a huge role in defending both government and private networks. so t

again, we are waiting on the department of commerce. i'm glad you brought it up because some in my state have been concerned about how that will impact. so thank you for bringing that up. -- of the past few years, how many recommendations have the bureau given to the census bureau? 120 declarations and the great majority of those have been accepted by the census bureau and we been able to make improvements as a result of that. getting us access to the information is helpful to us. it's good from a transparency standpoint but it also helps us dinner five targeted and specific improvement opportunities which our experience has shown leads to an improved census. so it isn't just a geeky access kind of issue. this helps us, actually helps the bureau improve the undertaking of the census. numberou have a rough that they have accepted and implemented? >> almost 120 over 90 of them have been accepted. the report we are issuing today that talks about the need for the transparency on the data that we've been discussing all throughout this hearin

commerce department has confirmed it was hacked and the victim of a data breach. senior national correspondent alex marquardt is with us. >> this looks like what is the latest ongoing significant attacks by russia against the united states. we often talk about russia's attacks in the context of elections but it's important to note it goes well beyond that. there are consistent regular attacks by russia against government networks, against private networks. what we know about this attack is the commerce department confirmed there was a data breach in one of their bureaus. "the washington post" has also reported that the treasury department was also targeted. treasury did not comment to us but the commerce department said they asked the fbi and the department of homeland security's cyber arm to investigate. they also did confirm the breach in their statement. they said there was recently discovered activity on government networks and that they have offered what they call technical assistance. now, we should note this comes after another maempb major attack that russ

again were waiting in the department of commerce . >> i am glad you brought it up phrase because some folks might in california mentioned that state review. by the demographers. we are really concerned about that how that will have an impact soap thank you for bringing that up. we know in the past year is provided recommendations to the bureau to address the workflow schedules. and over the past two years have a recommendations has the bureau given to the census bureau. >> we had over 1120 recommendations . just on that fedel census. and i'm happy that the great majority of those have been accepted by the census o bureau. and we have been abl then to ve had it substances approvals as a result of that. getting us access to the information is helpful to us. it is good from a transparency standpoint but also helps us identify tarted and specific improvement opportunities which hare experiences shown this hes senses. it doesn't just give us access between aicle one and article two issues. this obsessed actually help the bureau in from undertaking of the sentence. >> and you mentioned, a r

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commerce department confirmed the decision and secretary said entity list restrictions are a message sorry measure to ensure that china through its national champion smic is not able to leverage u.s. technologies to enable indigenous advanced technology levels to support its destabilizing military activities on friday china oppose the decision calling it a way for the u.s. to suppress chinese companies. if that is true this will be another example of the u.s. using state power to suppress chinese companies trying to firmly opposes it the u.s. politicizes economic and trade issues violates the principles of a market economy and fair competition it is a long been advocating and violates international trade rules it not only harms the legitimate rights and interests of chinese companies could it also impairs the interests of american companies that will seriously it was europe the normal technology exchanges and trade between the 2 countries which and even among countries in the want you got it with further damage the global industrial chains which is why chains and value chains the new

commerce department said to cnn that one of its bureaus saw a data breach. "the washington post" is reporting that the treasury department was also targeted. it's unclear what data was accessed. commerce said that the fbi and department of homeland security cyber arm cisa have been asked to assist. there was recent activity. the former head of cisa, chris krebs, called today's news in a tweet, a pretty large scale attack, and he said that it's still early. "the washington post" reported that the russian hacking group, apt 29, which is known as cozy bear is behind today's reported attacks as well as a recent stunning attack on cyber security form fire eye in which they stole hacking tools. well beyond the u.s. elections, russia is known to be carrying out significant broad online attacks against the united states and others, both government and private targets. alex marquardt, cnn, washington. >> germany is getting ready to enforce tough new coronavirus restrictions. coming up, we'll find out how it's cracking down just ahead of the holidays to stem an uptick

we know the treasury department and the commerce department were breached. and i'm told by two officials briefed on the matter that so far there is no information that classified networks were penetrated. but given that the treasury department enforces sanctions and the commerce department regulate the internet and negotiates trade deal, there's plenty on those servers that the russians would be interested in. we know this hack is broader than the federal government.it extends to many, many corporations. we're just begin to go learn how far this reach is, andrea. >> ken, i know you're going to stay on it. the treasury does a lot on international and national banking. so there's an amazingly large, you know, treasurer drove of information that could be available. ken, thank you. >> thank you. >>> vaccines are rolling out today. a shot has not yet been cleared for children under the age of 16. but children are vulnerable to covid and are being hospitalized for covid and for a multi system inflammatory system related to covid. hospitals in appalachia are now se

commerce department confirmed the decision and secretary it will be a ross said entity less restrictions are a necessary measure to ensure that china through its national champion smic is not able to leverage u.s. technologies to enable indigenous advance technology levels to support its destabilizing military activities on friday china oppose the decision calling it a way for the u.s. to suppress chinese companies. if it is true this will be another example of the u.s. using state power to suppress chinese companies trying to firmly opposes it the u.s. politicizes economic and trade issues violates. the principles of a market economy and fair competition it is a long been advocating and violates international trade rules it not only harms the legitimate rights and interests of chinese companies could it also impairs the interests of american companies that will seriously obstruct the normal technology exchanges and trade between the 2 countries and even among countries in the what you don't get it will further damage the global industrial chains which is why chains and value chains suit

the treasury and commerce department was also the subject —— the treasury and commerce department were also the subject of an attempted attack. several politicians have blamed the russian government but moscow says the claims are "baseless". now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. with me, zina badawi. there are not many elections where the two candidates are an incumbent president of 3a years‘ standing and a pop star turned politician. campaigning is under way for next month's presidential election in uganda and my guest at the leading opposition figure in uganda, robert kyagula nyi, better known as bobi wine. in november, more than 50 of his supporters were killed by security forces during a rally which the authorities said violated covid—19 restrictions. bobi wine has been badly assaulted and detained around 20 times since he began challenging president yoweri museveni. why is he risking his life and does he have what it takes to lead uganda? bobi wine in kampala, the capital of uganda, welcome to the programme. the president has been in power for more than

treasury and commerce departments. a source at the commerce department telling abc news their systems were breached, possibly by foreign hackers. no word on what was accessed. homeland and security and the fbi now investigating. >>> next tonight, winter storms expected to deliver a one/two punch this week. snow moving from colorado to the east coast. up to a half foot of snow covering roads in tulsa, oklahoma. a major storm right behind this one. let's get right to rob marciano. rob, it's going to be a busy week. >> reporter: yeah. two impactful storms. the first is centered over louisiana, bringing heavy rain. also around arkansas. and it will go out of oklahoma and then will be going across the ohio river valley. these are both moving pretty quickly. by tomorrow afternoon, should be into the northeast and the midatlantic. mostly rain, one or two inches of wet snow inland. but the big player comes in wednesday afternoon to wednesday night and thursday. we could see heavy snow inland of i-95. the midatlantic could see

department reported tuesday now the number was revised up from initial estimates of 33 point one.

department released a list of companies with alleged military ties break down what this means for the relationship between the world's 2 largest economies in fact show today so let's dive right in. and we lead the program with the latest on the economic recovery out of the united states and united kingdom a star in the united states the american economy grew by a record pace of 33.4 percent for the 3rd quarter of 2020 the commerce department reported tuesday now the number was revised up from initial estimates of 33 point one percent reported last month pushed up by more than 3 trillion dollars in pandemic relief now the record expansion followed the record contraction of 31.4 percent in the 2nd quarter of this year g.d.p. in the u.s. is still 3.4 percent below where it was at the end of 21000 prepared dammit now meanwhile in the u.k. g.d.p. grew by a record 16 percent for the quarter mark in july through september revised up from 15.5 percent now the growth in great britain however was not able to make up for the 18.8 percent decline in the 2nd quarter of this year the british econom

commerce department confirmed the decision and secretary it will be a ross said entity less restrictions are a message sorry measure to ensure that china through its national champion smic is not able to leverage u.s. technologies to enable indigenous advanced technology levels to support its destabilizing military activities on friday china oppose the decision calling it a way for the u.s. to suppress chinese companies. if that is true this will be another example of the u.s. using state power to suppress chinese companies trying to firmly opposes it the u.s. politicizes economic and trade issues violates the principles of a market economy and fair competition it is a long been advocating and violates international trade rules it not only harms the legitimate rights and interests of chinese companies could it also impairs the interests of american companies that will seriously it was europe to the normal technology exchanges and trade between the 2 countries which and even among countries in the want you got it will further damage the global industrial chains which is why chains and val

the commerce department confirmed the decision and secretary. entity less restrictions are a message sorry measure to ensure that china through its national champion smic is not able to leverage u.s. technologies to enable indigenous advanced technology levels to support its destabilizing military activities on friday china oppose the decision calling it a way for the u.s. to suppress chinese companies. if it is true this will be another example of the u.s. using state power to suppress chinese companies china firmly opposes it the u.s. politicizes economic and trade issues violates the principles of a market economy and fair competition it is a long been advocating and violates international trade rules it not only harms the legitimate rights and interests of chinese companies but it also impairs the interests of american companies that will seriously it was europe to the normal technology exchanges and trade between the 2 countries and even among countries in the one you don't go further damage the global industrial chains which is why chains

commerce department was initially reported back in november the final list of companies names $103.00 total entities $58.00 from china down from the original reports of $89.00 with $45.00 russian and these up from initial reports of $28.00 now the move comes after the us administration added 60 more chinese companies including semiconductor manufacturing international corporation and drone maker d j i to an export blacklist u.s. companies will be required to obtain licenses to sell equipment and technologies to firms on that black list for more on the rising economic tensions between the world's 2 largest economies go ahead and bring in a john dean of the miami herbert business school. is a pleasure to have you on the show these military end user companies include the aviation aerospace industry there's a lot from those industries what are some of the implications of this. it's a further tightening of the commercial restrictions on the chinese companies extending from the 5 g. arena with the focus on wall way to now a broader base that includes companies that are said to be dealing wi

department released a list of companies with alleged military ties break down what this means for the relationship between the world's 2 largest economies in fact show today so let's dive right in. and we lead the program with the latest on the economic recovery out of the united states and united kingdom a star in the united states the american economy grew by a record pace of 33.4 percent for the 3rd quarter of 2020 the commerce department reported tuesday now the number was revised up from initial estimates of 33 point one percent reported last month pushed up by more than 3 trillion dollars in pandemic relief now the record expansion followed the record contraction of 31.4 percent in the 2nd quarter of this year g.d.p. in the us is still 3.4 percent below where it was at the end of $29000.00 prepared .

departments possibly elsewhere. one of the nigerian school boys who escaped capture from a faction of boko haram has spoken about his kidnapping hundreds of students were abducted from a school the northern katsina state last week they 17 have been rescued by security forces you to go to when you walk out of it and after we scaled the fence we were hearing voices saying that we should come back thinking there were police officers unknown to us that was the bandits they then gather dust at a spot that was when we realized that would bend its wearing military uniform to take skills in walking for so long i was already exhausted i'm a sickle cell patients want to hold my friend shoulder on to my right ear to to my left before i continue the treacherous walk into the bush as the bandits continue to float people from the back so that they move faster. the chinese lunar probe has returned to earth with the 1st rock solid poles collected from the moon in decades chuang a 5 successful touch down brings an end to one of the

departments. my. 10 years ago a fruit seller and soon as he has set himself on fire in a desperate and face all acts of protest mohammed was easy sanctions taps into frustration and fury at home and across the region and into what became known as the arab spring scene asea is an arab country that transitioned into democracy but many say things have only become worse where bernard smith is in cd bluesy and swear to his ears revolution began and we can join him now bernard this is a landmark day engine is here how are people marking it. there was a ceremony to mark that moment when muhammad who is easy sets himself on fire but in reality the word but many people here to witness it partly that's covert partly that's because people have stayed away in protest of the fact that nothing has changed just in the last 10 years now to news is not been free to choose their leaders and they put come popularly criticize the state the state and i have been protests in the poor southern town in recent weeks again

department released a list of companies with alleged military ties break down what this means for the relationship between the world's 2 largest economies in fact show today so let's dive right in. and we leave the program with the latest on the economic recovery out of the united states and united kingdom a star in the united states the american economy grew by a record pace of 33.4 percent for the 3rd quarter of 2020 the commerce department reported tuesday now the number was revised up from initial estimates of 33 point one percent reported last month pushed up by more than 3 trillion dollars in pandemic relief now the record expansion followed the record contraction of 31.4 percent in the 2nd quarter of this year g.d.p. in the us is still 3.4 percent below where it was at the end of $29000.00 prepared dammit now meanwhile in the u.k. g.d. .

, the commerce department, department of homeland security and parts of the pentagon. "the new york times" reports the hack was engineered by one of russia's premier intelligence agencies. they report that other major entities who use the compromised software include the cdc, the justice department, a number of utility companies, nearly all fortune 500 companies and oh, by the way, los alamos national laboratory. not only did this russian intelligent unit get access everywhere, but according to the times the attacks had been underway as early as spring. meaning they went undetected for months of the pandemic and the election season. so how could russia defeat cyber security for so long? nicole is here to help explain it all. nicole, i have to say i'm completely fascinated by this even at a basic technical level. let's start with the method here which seems somewhat ingenious. there is a cyber security company called solar winds. who are they and what do they do? >> so solar winds for years was known as a network monitoring company. it was used by it administrators to f

you know, we are learning a few more details at this hour, because the treasury and commerce departments were reportedly hit by a supply chain attack attack on a security company which serves not only the federal government but a large swath of fortune 500 companies that use that company to monitor the security of their i.t. networks. russian hackers have apparently been scouting internal e-mail traffic at the treasury and commerce departments and were able to tamper with updates from solar winds. in a security memo, the texas-based firm acknowledged its system did experience a quote, highly sophisticated manual supply chain attack and response to cybersecurity and infrastructure agency ordered all agencies to immediately disconnect from the affected product on their network. the question, what solarwinds clients were affected? they work with the top ten telecommunications companies out there, all branches of the military, all of the big five accounting firms, the doj, even the white house. we all need to prepare ourselves to maybe get some more notices. liz: this is like mr. robot. i me

again, we are waiting on the department of commerce. i'm glad you brought it up because some in my state have been concerned about how that will impact. so thank you for bringing that up. -- of the past few years, how many recommendations have the bureau given to the census bureau? 120 declarations and the great majority of those have been accepted by the census bureau and we been able to make improvements as a result of that. getting us access to the information is helpful to us. it's good from a transparency standpoint but it also helps us dinner five targeted and specific improvement opportunities which our experience has shown leads to an improved census. so it isn't just a geeky access kind of issue. this helps us, actually helps the bureau improve the undertaking of the census. numberou have a rough that they have accepted and implemented? >> almost 120 over 90 of them have been accepted. the report we are issuing today that talks about the need for the transparency on the data that we've been discussing all throughout this hearin

commerce department confirmed the decision and secretary wilbur ross said entity list restrictions are a necessary measure to ensure that china through its national champion smic is not able to leverage u.s. technologies to enable indigenous advanced technology levels to support its destabilizing military activities on friday china oppose the decision calling it a way for the u.s. to suppress chinese companies. if it is true this will be another example of the u.s. using state power to suppress chinese companies trying to firmly opposes it the u.s. politicizes economic and trade issues violates the principles of a market economy and fair competition it is a long been advocating and violates international trade rules it not only harms the legitimate rights and interests of chinese companies but it also impairs the interests of american companies that will seriously it was europe to the normal technology exchanges and trade between the 2 countries which and even among countries in the one you don't go further damage the global industrial chains which is why chains and value chains suit y

the treasury and commerce department was also the subject —— the treasury and commerce department were also the subject of an attempted attack. several politicians have blamed the russian government but moscow says the claims are "baseless". now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk.

including the treasury and commerce departments. china's lunar probe touches down bringing back moon rocks for the 1st time in about 40 years fluster. the richardson in doha where the hosts a p 2022 football world cup have landed the rights to hold another huge sporting event. the united states has registered a double record for highest single day increases of both corona virus deaths and infections johns hopkins university has released figures saying that more than 3000 deaths and 250000 new cases were registered on wednesday as the world's worst affected country by far role after the 1st batch of vaccines is in its 3rd day. well u.s. vice president mike pence plans to get vaccinated against code 19 on friday the white house says he and his wife will receive their injections at a public event president trump is also open to taking the vaccine as well according to his press secretary trump has not said when he would get the job and president elect joe biden will receive the vaccine as early as next week biden says he aims to do sent

, the commerce department, department of homeland security and parts of the pentagon. "the new york times" reports the hack was engineered by one of russia's premier intelligence agencies. they report that other major entities who use the compromised software include the cdc, the justice department, a number of utility companies, nearly all fortune 500 companies and oh, by the way, los alamos national laboratory. not only did this russian intelligent unit get access everywhere, but according to the times the attacks had been underway as early as spring. meaning they wanted undepicted for months of the pandemic and the election season. so how could russia defeat cyber security for so long? nicole is here to help explain it all. nicole, i have to say i'm completely fascinated by this even at a basic technical level. let's start with the method here which seems somewhat ingenious. there is a cyber security company called solar winds. who are they and what do they do? >> so solar winds for years was known as a network monitoring company. it was used by it administrators to

of treasury and a unit of the commerce department. with me now, naveed ja mali, the editor at large at "newsweek" and the author of the book "how to catch a russian spy." can you give us a sense of what could potentially be compromised here and what would be the significance of targeting the department of treasury and commerce? >> well, so i mean those departments clearly you're looking for intelligence on potential sanctions. i mean that would be the place to go. but there's -- it's larger than that, alicia. it depends on what they actually compromised. is it -- was it just a system, or was it more alarmingly perhaps encryption? so there's a lot that can have been compromised here, and how long were they watching? what did they collect? you know, these are all big questions that have to be answered. you know, it doesn't help that the head of dhs's cybersecurity was fired. so it's a very concerning moment right now. >> right. i mean there are folks who believe that this could be a part of a larger effort, that this could simply be the

including the treasury and commerce department. china's lunar probe touches down bringing back moon rocks for the 1st time in about 40 years plus. the richardson die.

commerce department, chamber of commerce, 62% of small business owners say they think the worst of the pandemic is yet to come. health minority, steve scalise today saying he's hopeful help is on the way. >> i really think we will have it completed by today the final details were almost worked out last night. today i think you'll see it come together and tomorrow we can vote on the package. reporter: yesterday in jacksonville, florida, small businesses not receiving assistance so far in 2020 could apply for up to $2000 of cares act funding from the city. across the country, 74% of small businesses say they need government support. it's 81% among minority owned businesses. >> black and brown businesses are suffering. half of black businesses may not make it and close permanently because of the pandemic. absolutely the money can be -. reporter: in minnesota, the governor signed a to $16 million small business relief package. indoor dining there remind closed and 150 restaurant owners are bound to defy the state orders. retail sales are plummeting. the commerce department says sales fell

we know that commerce was one of the departments breached in the cyber security hacking. so we want answers. i think the american people deserve answers. we want to know how brad this was. we want to know what's been compromised and we want to know how we're going to fix it. >> the president still has not -- he's commented on a lot of things via twitter but not commented on this at all. that's not new with this president, he hasn't commented on the poisoning of the russian opposition leader. do you believe given this attack apparently was under way for months under the trags, that the president, that his administration were asleep at the wheel here? >> i do. i also think that the president and his failure to hold vladimir putin and the russians accountable for all of the interference they have made in the united states is -- bears some responsibility for this. russia needs to know that there will be a response when they act out. that the united states is going to hold them accountable and we have not done that in the way that we need to. i think the mixed messages that ha

government has appealed a court ruling that blocked the commerce department from imposing restrictions on the world famous chinese tick-tock the trump administration wants to stop a video sharing app from being downloaded and banned business with take talk on a bike citing national security concerns. and spain says spanish commuters to the british territory of gibraltar will be exempt from border controls of the break said even without a free movement deal agreed in london and go sheeting how to police the border left out of last week's trade deal between the e.u. when u.k. . and you call it a small miracle with a deadline looming london and brussels came together to seal that deal on trade relations on christmas eve a lot was made about how our fisheries could sink it that wasn't the only problem carrying weight. it's a rough life out there at sea cold wait windy but the hard work pays off when the fishermen reel in their nets herring mackerel sole place and policy for the whole market and for export competition between british and other e.u. fisherman has been strong for decades disa

treasury department, commerce department. i spoke to the russian central aboutast week and asked the possibility of further sanctions on russian year. given the news today, given the broader news, do you think russia is going to be problematic in terms of supply next year? bernadette: i think you could. the risk to the opec alliance is coming from the uae and saudi arabia. saudi arabia has taken a hard line approach and even this new barrel, if youup have not complied with the order you have to make the barrels of, is new for opec. i think it is a sign saudi arabia is taking a hard-line approach and really dead set on enforcing these cuts. if they start to waiver, that is the biggest risk. is russia going to waiver? probably not. why? if you look at their financial positioning compared to saudi arabia, we went through a price war. able arabia is willing and to bring supply back on quickly and crush pricing. that, we believe, will keep russia in line. we will see what happens. it has not really changed the picture significantl

department's moves were likely illegal washington fears the chinese own could be used to gather data on u.s. citizens something that tick tocks owner denies. well they're known as black diamonds and they're about as expensive black perigord truffles are a french delicacy that draw buyers from around the country and the world but they are cheap traditionally costing hundreds of euro's per kilogram and now the pandemic and the closure of russia. pushing those prices down. the town of brown term isn't as familiar to foodies as other namesake places in southwestern france like bordeaux or cognac but it does have a tasty speciality the black perigord truffle they can fetch hundreds of euros per kilo but the lack of restaurant trade due to the pandemic has put pressure on prices. in uganda i used to sell a lot to restaurant owners but this is going to hurt us maybe that's why it's going to break the prices to today i sold them for $550.00 euros per kilo but last year or sold them for $650.00 euros here. trying out the wares is also different this year normally potential customers can have

the commerce department added some industrial manufacturing to the so-called entities list. which means any american company who wants to sell to them has to and by definition the license will be denied to keep highly advanced technology and the equipment to make that technology out of the hands of the chinese. david: i really appreciate you joining us. that is michael mckee, bloomberg international economics and policy responder. we will go to the chief economist from the national economic council. we will talk about the stimulus, but just for a moment we have a lot of issues going on in cyberspace with the russian attack, apparently, on u.s. computers as well as more companies being blacklisted. from an economists point of view what are the ramifications of the economy if we cannot protect our computer systems? joe: thank you for having me on. it is very important economically. economics is all about confidence. you have to have confidence in the system. ambassador o'brien who heads the national security council cut his european trip short because of this. earlier, ourid a

the commerce department has confirmed to cnn that one of its bureaus s bureaus saw a data breach. "the washington post" is also reporting that the treasury department was among the targets and there are concerns that there are more victims. it's unclear what data was accessed. now, the commerce department said that the fbi and the department of homeland securities cyber arm, which is known as cisa, have been asked to assist. cisa says there was quote recently discovered activity on government networks, and they are offering what they call technical assistance. "the washington post" reported the russian hacking team, ap 229, also known as cozy bear is behind the attacks as well as a recent stunning attack on the cyber security firm fireeye in which the attackers stole hacking tools. well beyond the u.s. elections, russia is known to be carrying out a significant, broad series of online attacks against the united states and others on both government and private targets. christine, laura. >> alex, thank you so much for that. well, the top opinion editor at the "wall street journal" i

departments were among dozens infiltrated. parties to the iran nuclear deal including senior iranian diplomats have held virtual talks to discuss the state of the agreement they're set to meet again next week as the signatories urged tehran to reverse its violations of the deal. hundreds of thousands of people in fiji are bracing for a severe tropical storm that has the potential to be one of the most destructive in living memory category 5 cyclone yasi is expected to make landfall in the coming hours and a chinese probe has returned to earth with the 1st rock samples collected from the moon in decades concludes one of the most complicated missions in the nation's aerospace history those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the father the son and the jihad stage and that's watching for. the health of humanity is at stake a global pandemic requires a global response. w.h.o. is the guardian of global health delivering lifesaving to school supplies and training to help the world's most found mobile people