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Top DOJ official warns of potential 'dangerous' shutdown impact on nation's cyber defenses

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Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said the same regarding violent crime. A government shutdown could have a " dangerous " impact on the nation's cyber defenses as well as on state and federal efforts to combat violent crime, a top Justice Department official said Tuesday. "The cascading effects of something like this is really, I think, quite dangerous and quite irresponsible," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in an interview Tuesday morning with Washington Post Live. "We need to be able to give our employees certainty that they can come to work and do their job." With the Oct. 1 funding deadline looming, Monaco raised alarm over the thousands of staffers across DOJ's 115,000-plus workforce who could be furloughed as a result of a shutdown, as well as grants that could be stalled that aid local police departments around the country. In this Aug. 5, 2021, file photo, the U.S. Department of Justice seal appears on a podium in Washing...

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's emails hacked in Microsoft cyber breach: Source

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's emails were hacked as part of the Microsoft cyber breach, according to a source familiar with the investigation. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's emails were hacked as part of the Microsoft cyber breach, according to a source familiar with the investigation. Microsoft's Outlook systems were breach ed by Chinese hackers, according to the company. The breach was discovered in May. Raimondo’s Commerce Department has been imposing sanctions on China, and she met with her Chinese counterpart in May, promising better relations. MORE: The country has a major microchip problem -- and the Senate has a $52 billion solution This isn't the first time a cabinet-level secretary's email s were breach ed. The email s of former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf were compromised during the SolarWinds hack of 2020, which is widely considered one of the worst breach es in U.S. History . SolarWinds was a hack that was carried out b...