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Barr: ‘Severe’ consequences if foreign government behind HHS cyberattack during coronavirus outbreak

By Jerry Dunleavy
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Barr: ‘Severe’ consequences if foreign government behind HHS cyberattack during coronavirus outbreak

Attorney General William Barr vowed there would be “severe” consequences if a foreign country was behind the cyberattack against the Health and Human Services Department’s website on Sunday or behind the false coronavirus rumors swirling in recent days.

The HHS website was hit by a denial-of-service cyberattack on Sunday night, apparently designed to disrupt efforts to combat the spread of the growing COVID-19 outbreak in the United States.

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