🗞️Chinese Cyberattack and R.I.P President Carter

December 30, 2024

December 30th, 2024

Good Evening 🇺🇸,

What happened today,

U.S. Treasury says its computers were hacked by a Chinese 'threat actor' in a 'major incident'

The "threat actor" was able to access the workstations via a compromised third-party cybersecurity service provider called BeyondTrust, the department said.

www.cnbc.com/2024/12/30/us-treasury-says-chinese-hackers-stole-documents-in-major-incident-.html

  • The U.S. Treasury Department notified lawmakers that a China state-sponsored actor infiltrated Treasury workstations in what officials are describing as a “major incident” and cyberattack

  • On Sunday night the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, passed away at age 100, his state funeral in Washington will take place January 9th

  • The U.S. announces another 5.9 billion for Ukraine, $2.5 billion for weapons and $3.4 billion for budget support

  • The House of Representatives will vote on who will be the Speaker of House for the 119th Congress this Friday, Trump has endorsed current speaker Mike Johnson to be re-elected

  • A Federal appeals court upholds the Trump verdict in the E. Jean Carrol defamation case, Trump must pay $5 million

  • Senator Bernie Sanders announces he will introduce legislation to cap credit card interest rates at 10%

  • U.S. auto sales next year expected to be best since 2019 per CNBC

  • DOW down .97% / S&P down 1.07%

  • A major investigation is underway today after 179 out of 181 people were killed in a plane crash in South Korea, the Boeing plane belly-landed and skidded along the runway at an airport in Muan, before crashed into a wall and bursting into flames on Sunday morning

  • An arrest warrant has been issued for South Korean President Yoon over the martial law declaration

  • An Argentina judge has charged 5 people in connection to the death of former One Direction member Liam Payne

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