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Straight Arrow News Nowcast: May 28, 2021

May 28, 2021

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Today’s Straight Arrow News NowCast has breaking news, with Senate Republicans blocking a bill to form a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

Also, Microsoft said the same group who launched last year’s SolarWinds cyber attack is launching more across the country.

And Memorial Day travel is underway. This year’s travel numbers, expected to blow last year’s out of the water.

Gwen Baumgardner: WELCOME BACK TO STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS.
I’M GWEN BAUMGARDNER – WITH SOME BREAKING NEWS FROM CAPITOL HILL.
SENATE REPUBLICANS BLOCKED A BILL TO INVESTIGATE THE JANUARY 6TH CAPITOL ATTACK.

THE MOVE STOPPED THE CREATION OF A BIPARTISAN COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY.

IT FELL 6 VOTES SHORT.

NEW TODAY… ANOTHER GLOBAL HACK.

MICROSOFT SOUNDED THE ALARM LATE LAST NIGHT — SAYING THE RUSSIAN HACKER GROUP NOBELIUM IS BACK.

THEYRE TARGETING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES — THINK TANKS — CONSULTANTS — EVEN NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.

WHILE THE U-S RECEIVED THE LARGEST SHARE OF ATTACKS — MICROSOFT SAYS HACKERS TARGETED AT LEAST 24 OTHER COUNTRIES.

NOBELIUM WAS ALSO BEHIND LAST YEAR’S SOLAR WINDS HACK… A HIGH TECH SECURITY FIRM FOR ENTITIES LIKE THE N-S-A.

MICROSOFT’S WARNING COMES JUST WEEKS AFTER A RANSOMWARE ATTACK ON COLONIAL PIPELINE.

RIGHT NOW — MEMORIAL DAY TRAVEL — IS UNDERWAY….

AND IT’S EXPECTED TO BE A BIG ONE.

TRIPLE A EXPECTS MORE THAN 37-MILLION PEOPLE TO TRAVEL.

THAT’S UP 60 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR.

THEY ALSO ESTIMATE SIX TIMES AS MANY PLANE TRIPS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

FOR BREAKING NEWS AND CONTEXT THROUGHOUT THE DAY — KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS.