Wisconsin Republican Party says hackers stole $2.3 million
Hackers apparently used doctored invoices purporting to be from vendors to steal money from party coffers.
Election Hacking
Iran and Russia accessed some voter registration data, top intel officials say
Top national security officials spoke at a last-minute news conference Wednesday.
Russia, China and Iran ramping up attacks ahead of election, Microsoft warns
The hacking groups are targeting the Trump and Biden campaigns, as well as entities involved in the 2020 race, Microsoft found.
How "disinformation campaigns" could be targeting 2020 election
"We're kind of seeing the same things that we saw in 2016, but at a much larger scale," CNET's Dan Patterson said.
Feds meet tech firms at Facebook HQ to discuss election security
"Attendees talked about how industry and government could improve how we share information and coordinate our response to better detect and deter threats"
Why cybersecurity experts think we should trust midterm results
All elections are vulnerable to cyberattack, but according to the Department of Homeland Security and election officials, your vote is secure
Why experts think we should trust midterm election results
Voting machines, email networks, social media and critical infrastructure are all vulnerable to cyberattacks. Still experts are confident that your vote will be counted. Their biggest fear? Hacking will undermine citizens' faith and confidence in election results. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN to discuss.
DHS: Lot of "noise, garbage" from Russian media about U.S. election systems
Homeland Security official Christopher Krebs warns of ongoing disinformation campaigns aimed at causing distrust about the security of our vote
Election security Q&A: Would paper ballots be safer?
This week in "Campaign 2018: Election Hacking," CBS News and CNET answer some of the most pressing questions from viewers
Election security: Are paper ballots safer?
CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN to answer some of the most common questions about how hackers are targeting election security and what we can do to protect the voting process.
These states are battling malware ahead of the midterms
Data captured in battleground states shows a dramatic increase of trojans, adware, and ransomware
How malware could disrupt midterm elections
Several battleground states have been targeted by ransomware and other cyberattacks in the weeks leading up to Election Day. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN with details.
How AI is creating new threats to election security
Big data and artificial intelligence will expose old vulnerabilities and create new methods of hacking campaigns
Hackers use AI to target campaigns
The Internet of Things and big data are changing the threats to election security. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN with details.
These are the hackers targeting the midterm election
Russia, China, Iran, and hacktivist groups are meddling with elections in the U.S. and around the world
How cyberattackers target elections
Several countries are building up their cyber capabilities both to protect their own interests and go on the offensive. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN to discuss how Russia, China, Iran and other threat actors are attempting to influence elections in the U.S. and around the world.
U.S. infrastructure vulnerable to cyberattacks designed to suppress voter turnout
The vulnerability is "the light you turn on. It's the water you drink. It's the toilets you flush"
Vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure
In our series "Campaign 2018: Election Hacking," we examine the havoc that bad actors could potentially create by exploiting software flaws in critical infrastructure on Election Day. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson explains what that could look like and how cities could prevent such an attack.
The dark web is where hackers buy the tools to subvert elections
Lone-wolf hackers and nation-states use the encrypted internet to trade voter data and cyber-weapons
Voting machines are vulnerable to hackers
Cybersecurity experts say the goal is to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system.
How to hack the midterm election with social media
Coordinated social media influence campaigns may be the most effective method of meddling with elections
How hackers influence voters on social media
In our series "Campaign 2018: Election Hacking," we take a look at the growing role social media plays in swaying voters and how bad actors are using it to sow discord in the U.S. Leo Taddeo, chief information security officer of Cyxtera, and CNET's Dan Patterson have more on the growing threat.
Hackers use simplest tactics to target campaigns
How hackers target political campaigns with simple but sophisticated email attacks
Campaign 2018: Election hacking, phishing
Hackers are turning to some deceptively simple tactics to target political campaigns. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson explains how campaigns can protect themselves against phishing in the first installment of our series, Campaign 2018: Election Hacking.
Midterm election hacking concerns
Top intelligence officials are warning of pervasive efforts to interfere with the 2018 midterm elections. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson spoke with CBSN from the hacking convention Black Hat in Las Vegas about the potential new threats.
Politics
Watch Live: Cuomo holds COVID briefing amid sexual harassment allegations
The governor has been keeping a low profile in recent days.
Alabama Senate votes to make hormone therapy for trans youth a felony
Health care professionals who attempt to provide gender-affirming care could face up to 10 years in prison.
D.C. National Guard chief says Pentagon took hours to send troops to Capitol
Major General William Walker, commanding general of the D.C. National Guard, testified before senators on the January 6 assault on the Capitol.
70 bipartisan mayors commit to conserving 30% of U.S. lands by 2030
"If we want to stave off a coming mass extinction, we're going to need to do more to conserve land and waters to protect species," says University of California, Berkeley's Arthur Middelton.
Democrats limit eligibility for stimulus checks in Senate COVID bill
President Biden agreed to a demand by moderate Democrats to begin phasing out stimulus checks at a faster rate.
House to vote on sweeping government and elections reform bill
The House is expected to vote on H.R. 1, a Democratic legislative priority that has faced opposition from Republicans.
Lawmakers seek to curb illegal deforestation and to lower emissions
"We are financing horrific crime around the globe," said Alexander von Bismarck, executive director of the Environmental Investigation Agency.
House Democrats reissue subpoena for Trump financial records
The House Oversight and Reform Committee is seeking eight years of financial records from former President Trump and other entities affiliated with him.
Live pipe bomb found at Iowa polling place, police confirm
Authorities evacuated the Lakeside Center in the city of Ankeny after the device was spotted but later re-opened it for balloting.
House Democrats charge ahead with bills likely to stall Senate
The House is expected to vote on an election reform bill this week, but that measure is unlikely to pass in the Senate.
World
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Asteroid the size of the Golden Gate Bridge to zoom by Earth
The largest and fastest asteroid to pass by Earth this year is nearly here.
U.S. trial to resume for woman who killed British teen in car crash
The family of Harry Dunn, who was hit in a head-on crash by Anne Sacoolas in England, says they're still suffering "beyond belief" as a Virginia court takes the case back up.
COVID "vaccine passports" could be "Pandora's box" for privacy
Some governments, including the U.S., are considering COVID-19 immunity certificates to inject the tourism industry back to life and revive businesses.
Deaths mount in ruthless response to Myanmar's anti-coup protests
At least 8 more people killed by security forces as medics, educators and journalists are targeted in a bid to quash demands for democracy.
With global births expected to decline, experts warn "crisis" looms
While the global population is still growing, a major study from 2020 predicts it will peak in 2064 and then fall by nearly a billion people by the end of the century.
U.S.
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Watch Live: Cuomo holds COVID briefing amid sexual harassment allegations
The governor has been keeping a low profile in recent days.
Amazon redesigns app logo after some said previous one resembled Hitler
Amazon quietly rolled out a new design last month.
Alabama Senate votes to make hormone therapy for trans youth a felony
Health care professionals who attempt to provide gender-affirming care could face up to 10 years in prison.
D.C. National Guard chief says Pentagon took hours to send troops to Capitol
Major General William Walker, commanding general of the D.C. National Guard, testified before senators on the January 6 assault on the Capitol.
70 bipartisan mayors commit to conserving 30% of U.S. lands by 2030
"If we want to stave off a coming mass extinction, we're going to need to do more to conserve land and waters to protect species," says University of California, Berkeley's Arthur Middelton.
Politics
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Watch Live: Cuomo holds COVID briefing amid sexual harassment allegations
The governor has been keeping a low profile in recent days.
Alabama Senate votes to make hormone therapy for trans youth a felony
Health care professionals who attempt to provide gender-affirming care could face up to 10 years in prison.
D.C. National Guard chief says Pentagon took hours to send troops to Capitol
Major General William Walker, commanding general of the D.C. National Guard, testified before senators on the January 6 assault on the Capitol.
70 bipartisan mayors commit to conserving 30% of U.S. lands by 2030
"If we want to stave off a coming mass extinction, we're going to need to do more to conserve land and waters to protect species," says University of California, Berkeley's Arthur Middelton.
Democrats limit eligibility for stimulus checks in Senate COVID bill
President Biden agreed to a demand by moderate Democrats to begin phasing out stimulus checks at a faster rate.
Entertainment
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Jahmil French, "Degrassi" star, has died at 29
"Degrassi" and "Soundtrack" coworkers shared messages about French on social media.
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Author Emma Brown on raising a boy
Washington Post investigative reporter and author Emma Brown joins "CBS This Morning" with her new book, "To Raise a Boy: Classrooms, Locker Rooms, Bedrooms, and the Hidden Struggles of American Boyhood." In the wake of the #MeToo movement, Brown asked herself, "How will I raise my son to be different?" That question led to her traveling the country, speaking to hundreds of coaches, educators, parents and boys. She talks about her research, the challenges boys face, and what parents and educators can do to better raise and support them.
Correcting Black Panthers' legacy
Actor Daniel Kaluuya and director Shaka King joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss their new film, "Judas and the Black Messiah." Kaluuya, who took home his first Golden Globe Award for portraying Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton, and King discuss Hampton's legacy and bringing his story to the screen.
Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about new novel
Best-selling author Viet Thanh Nguyen talks to Jan Crawford about his new novel, out this week. "The Committed," a sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Sympathizer," continues the story of the refugee narrator from Nguyen's first book. The novels have earned him the description as "a conscience of American literature."
Technology
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Chinese hackers exploit Microsoft software bug to steal U.S. data
Targets include American universities, defense contractors, law firms and infectious-disease researchers.
Google to stop letting advertisers track users across the open internet
Search giant is phasing out third-party cookies in Chrome, but will still personalize ads using technologies it calls less invasive.
Volvo plans to phase out gas cars by 2030
"There is no long-term future for cars with an internal combustion engine," Volvo's chief technology officer said.
Twitter will label misleading COVID-19 vaccines posts
The social media company will also be introducing a 5-strike policy to "further reduce the spread of potentially harmful and misleading" information.
Warren Buffett has made $100 billion on his investment in Apple
The iPhone maker now makes up 40% of Buffett's $280 billion investment portfolio.
Science
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Asteroid the size of the Golden Gate Bridge to zoom by Earth
The largest and fastest asteroid to pass by Earth this year is nearly here.
"A dose of her own medicine": Dolly Parton gets COVID vaccine
Just before getting her first dose of the Moderna vaccine, Parton sang a new rendition of "Jolene" to fit the occasion: "Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, I'm begging of you please don't hesitate."
CDC finalizing guidance on what's safe for those who are vaccinated
It's likely to be safe for those who have received the COVID-19 vaccine to have small gatherings with others who are vaccinated.
Johnson & Johnson CEO touts "ease" of single-shot vaccine distribution
Four million doses are being shipped out Monday of the newly-approved coronavirus vaccination, with 100 million promised by the end of June.
Iceberg larger than New York City breaks off in Antarctica
"Over coming weeks or months, the iceberg may move away; or it could run aground and remain close to Brunt Ice Shelf," Professor Dame Jane Francis, Director of British Antarctic Survey, said in a press release.
Health
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COVID "vaccine passports" could be "Pandora's box" for privacy
Some governments, including the U.S., are considering COVID-19 immunity certificates to inject the tourism industry back to life and revive businesses.
Germans' rejection of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine hinders COVID fight
Early trial data and government refusal to approve the shot for over-65s, despite mounting evidence that it works well, have led to thousands of doses going unused.
Texas to lift statewide mask mandate
"Please hear me clearly: At this level of cases, with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters on Monday.
"A dose of her own medicine": Dolly Parton gets COVID vaccine
Just before getting her first dose of the Moderna vaccine, Parton sang a new rendition of "Jolene" to fit the occasion: "Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, I'm begging of you please don't hesitate."
CDC finalizing guidance on what's safe for those who are vaccinated
It's likely to be safe for those who have received the COVID-19 vaccine to have small gatherings with others who are vaccinated.
MoneyWatch
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It could take Black workers 100 years to catch up as biz leaders
Black workers are dramatically underrepresented in leadership roles, according to McKinsey.
Amazon redesigns app logo after some said previous one resembled Hitler
Amazon quietly rolled out a new design last month.
Schumer says "we'll have the votes" to pass COVID relief bill
The Senate majority leader said that the Senate will take up President Biden's $1.9 trillion relief bill as early as Wednesday.
Goya under fire again after CEO spouts more false election claims
Calls for boycott of company's products reignited after Robert Unanue falsely insists Trump "still actual president" of U.S.
Americans need recurring stimulus payments, senators tell Biden
Most Americans say $1,400 payments included in rescue package will last them less than three months, lawmakers argue.
Crime
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New bid for hate crime laws in Wyoming, 1 of 3 states without them
Wyoming lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill aimed at combating hate crimes in the state where Matthew Shepard was killed in 1998.
Live pipe bomb found at Iowa polling place, police confirm
Authorities evacuated the Lakeside Center in the city of Ankeny after the device was spotted but later re-opened it for balloting.
Over 300 charged so far: What we know about the Capitol riot arrests
Prosecutors have charged more than 300 people for their alleged roles in the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Student wounded in Arkansas high school shooting
The incident took place inside Watson Chapel Junior High School as students switched classes Monday morning. The suspect, a fellow classmate, is in custody.
Americans behind Nissan exec's brazen escape from Japan face justice
Ex-Green Beret Michael Taylor and his son don't deny masterminding Carlos Ghosn's cinema-worthy escape to Lebanon in a speaker box.
Space
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Asteroid the size of the Golden Gate Bridge to zoom by Earth
The largest and fastest asteroid to pass by Earth this year is nearly here.
Japanese billionaire seeks 8 people for free trip to the moon
"I will pay for the entire journey. I have bought all the seats, so it will be a private ride," Yusaku Maezawa said.
Spacewalkers start power system upgrade
Multiple spacewalks planned to upgrade the space station's aging power system
She came to the U.S. with $300. Now she's part of NASA's Mars mission.
Much like the name of the rover, Diana Trujillo persevered.
Maiden flight of Blue Origin rocket slips to late 2022
The launch will come a year later than planned after Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin lost out on a major Space Force contract.
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Best looks from Golden Globes' nontraditional show
The Hollywood Foreign Press offered professionally shot photos while others posted on their social media accounts.
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Madeleine McCann disappearance: Was a monster hiding in plain sight at a vacation resort?
An inside look at the investigation into Christian Brueckner, the new suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
"The Deliveryman Murders": How investigators connected the cases
Two men are shot and killed at their homes 2,800 miles apart by a man delivering a package – how a car full of clues helped solve the murders.
Photos: Rare snowfall blankets the Mediterranean
An unusual winter weather pattern brought snow to places that rarely see it.
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Israel rolls out "vaccine passport" system
Israel is implementing a program requiring people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before accessing facilities like gyms. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi joins "CBSN AM" to talk about these so-called "vaccine passports."
"Sunday Morning": Full Episode 2/28
Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Serena Altschul talks with experts about the dangers of avalanches. Plus: Lee Cowan looks at the enduring popularity of the late TV painting instructor Bob Ross; Mo Rocca interviews actor LeVar Burton; Nancy Giles harmonizes with Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., founding members of The 5th Dimension; Tracy Smith talks with actress Ellen Pompeo about the future of "Grey's Anatomy"; Erin Moriarty investigates allegations of sexual harassment by former female employees of McDonald’s and its franchisees; and Jim Gaffigan ponders the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus lockdown.
"60 Minutes": Full Episode 2/28
The efforts to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations; Then, never-before-seen video of the attack on Al Asad Airbase; And, Colson Whitehead: The 60 Minutes interview
Impact of absentee voting in 2020 election
The 2020 presidential election saw historic voter turnout. Larry Sabato, the director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, joins CBSN to discuss how absentee ballots played a role in the outcome.
"A Shot of Hope: Vaccine Questions Answered"
Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top experts answer coronavirus vaccine questions as part of “A Shot of Hope,” a CBSN special about the rollout and distribution of coronavirus vaccines across the U.S. Anchored by Tanya Rivero, this CBSN special hour focuses on the latest medical updates, the status of vaccine distribution, the struggle to get back to work and school, and the trust and access issues among minority communities.