by Leo Hohmann, Leo Hohmann:
There is breaking news today, June 15, that several agencies of the U.S. federal government have been hit with a cyber attack, the extent of which is not yet known, while another attack targeting the Western financial system has been dangled out there by a group of hackers said to be affiliated with Russia.
This global cyberattack is reportedly exploiting a flaw in widely-used software used by “several U.S. federal government agencies.”
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) confirmed the attacks in a statement to CNN.
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in Israel on Wednesday announced that it is midstream in working on developing a system to shoot down hypersonic missiles, dubbing its new project the ‘Sky Sonic’ system.
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