The U.S. has been hacked again. Russian government hackers are believed to be responsible for infiltrating the computer systems of multiple agencies including the Pentagon, Homeland Security, Treasury Department, and even the National Institutes of Health. The hacking group, Cozy Bear are said to be the perpetrators and exploited a vulnerability in computer monitoring software from a company called SolarWinds. Ellen Nakashima, national security reporter at the Washington Post, joins us for how despite the U.S. spending billions on cybersecurity, the Russians we still able to get in.

Next, the novel coronavirus has been with us for about a year now, we have vaccines rolling out and know a lot about the virus that has wreaked havoc on the world, but we also still have many questions. It is a virus of contrasts… it’s dangerous enough to send some to the hospital and kill over 1.6 million people worldwide, but mild enough for many to recover quickly or be asymptomatic. Andrew Joseph, reporter at STAT News, joins us for what we know about coronavirus one year in.

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