Iowa Grain Cooperative Hit by Cyberattack Linked to Ransomware Group

An Iowa grain co-op said it was hit with a cyberattack that security researchers are linking to newly launched ransomware group BlackMatter, which the researchers said demanded $5.9 million to unlock the organization’s data. Fort Dodge, Iowa-based New Cooperative Inc. said Monday that it took its computer networks down after some of its devices and … Continued

GOP Senators Urge the State Department to Designate the Taliban as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

On Wednesday, a group of GOP Senators sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the State Department to designate the Taliban, which overtook Afghanistan in recent weeks, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. “Since reestablishing control of Afghanistan, the Taliban resumed the same murderous and oppressive habits that characterized their leadership tenure prior … Continued

Biden prepares to host historic ‘Quad’ summit at White House . . .

President Biden is preparing to host the first-ever in-person summit of leaders from the so-called Quad countries — the U.S., India, Japan and Australia — in a sign of growing momentum behind what began as a Trump-era push to rally Asia’s most powerful democracies into a more formal grouping to confront and contain communist China. … Continued

North Korea Tests First Possible Nuclear Capable Missile 

North Korea carried out successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend, seen by analysts as possibly the country’s first such weapon with a nuclear capability. The missiles are “a strategic weapon of great significance” and flew 1,500 km (930 miles) before hitting their targets and falling into the country’s territorial waters … Continued

Trump says terrorists ‘absolutely’ airlifted from Afghanistan in US evacuation 

Former President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, suggested that terrorists “absolutely” were airlifted from Afghanistan as part of the U.S. evacuation effort from Kabul last month, questioning the Biden administration’s vetting process.  Trump warned that the individuals that the Biden administration are resettling in the U.S. could pose a risk … Continued

Top Terrorism Threats Not From Afghanistan: DNI 

Afghanistan does not currently pose the biggest terrorist threat to the United States and is further down the priority list following the U.S. withdrawal and subsequent Taliban takeover, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said on Monday. The top intelligence official’s comments came on the same day that President Joe Biden acknowledged that the terrorist … Continued

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says all out-war with Russia is possible: report

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not rule out the possibility that tension between Kiev and Moscow could eventually boil over and lead to an all-out war with Russia a scenario that he called “the worst thing,” a report said. Zelenskyy was at the Yalta European Strategy summit in Kiev on Friday when he was asked … Continued

Ex-CIA analyst: Anti-Trump officials politicized intelligence, undermined U.S. security

U.S. intelligence officials waged a politicized campaign to undermine President Trump and his administration, and the politicization undermined American security, according to John A. Gentry, a former CIA analyst. Former high-ranking intelligence officials were frequently used by sitting intelligence officials, to leak damaging information. Many “formers” directly or indirectly helped elect current President Biden and … Continued

Fort Hood shooter congratulates Taliban from death row 

Nidal Hasan, the radical Islamic terrorist who murdered 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, wrote a letter from death row, congratulating the Taliban as the terrorist group took control of Afghanistan.  In the letter – which Hasan’s attorney, retired Army Col. John Galligan, provided to Fox News – Hasan triumphantly declared, “We Have Won!!!” … Continued

Police expect Capitol fencing reinstalled for Sept. 18 rally 

Police are expected to reinstall fencing around the Capitol building ahead of a Sept. 18 rally amid fears of renewed violence, according to a source familiar with the request. Far-right groups are slated to attend the rally next week, where demonstrators intend to call for “justice” to those who face charges for storming the Capitol … Continued

Get Ready for the Blackouts

Mismanagement and the push for renewables are degrading the reliability of the U.S. electrical grid.  Generac Power Systems, a company that produces home generators and other equipment, announced in July record sales of $920 million during the second quarter, a 68% jump over last year. But what’s good for Generac is bad for America. That’s no … Continued

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