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Microsoft says Russian group is responsible for latest cyberattack

05.29.2021 - By MarketplacePlay

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Always double-check before you click. Over 150 organizations worldwide were targeted in the attack, according to a blog post from Microsoft this week. The company believes the Russian group behind the attack, Nobelium, was also responsible for last year’s massive SolarWinds hack. Microsoft said that at least a quarter of the organizations targeted are involved in international humanitarian and human rights work. This comes three weeks before a scheduled meeting between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. We talked about how that conversation might go. Plus, the rest of the day’s news and a round of everyone’s favorite Friday fixture, Half Full/Half Empty!

Here’s everything we talked about on the show today:

“Russia Appears to Carry Out Hack Through System Used by U.S. Aid Agency” from The New York Times

 Opinion | “Covid’s Deadliest Phase May Be Here Soon” from The New York Times

“We Need to Get Real About How the Pandemic Will End” from Insight

Iran blocking Bitcoin mining after blackouts and power surges from CNBC

And our Half Full/Half Empty topics: ghost kitchens, climate change pressure on Big Oil, Amazon purchases MGM, Guy Fieri’s big payday, and Big Cat crypto

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