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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has become the first U.S. official to publicly attribute a massive hacking campaign to Russia, after broad swathes of the federal government and private sector were revealed to be compromised.   'This was a very significant effort, and I think it's the case that now we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this activity,' Pompeo told The Mark Levin Show on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman has denied Kremlin involvement, and the Russian embassy said in a statement that the country 'does not conduct offensive operations in the cyber domain.'   The sprawling attack, which went undetected for nearly nine months, compromised the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Treasury, State and Energy, as well as a growing list of companies and local governments across the country.  Officials with the nation's cybersecurity agency warn that the breach could be difficult to undo, saying the h

Prince Charles’s former boarding school in Scotland has waded into the growing controversy over The Crown by demanding the drama carry a disclaimer. Gordonstoun Principal Lisa Kerr said the popular Netflix show had given a ‘misleading impression’ of the Royal family’s time there. She said The Crown had proved to be ‘compelling’ viewing, but said the school found it important to separate ‘fact from fiction’. Prince Charles, pictured in his final years at Gordonstoun School where his father Prince Philip had attended Prince Philip, pictured left with his son Prince Charles  and Captain Iain Tennant, chairman of the Gordonstoun Board of Governors at the heir to the throne's first day at school Gordonstoun Principal Lisa Kerr, pictured, said the popular Netflix show had given a ‘misleading impression’ of the Royal family ’s time there The school, near Elgin, Morayshire, has joined a powerful coalition of politicians and royal experts demanding that Netflix broadcast the disclaimer befo

Devon Dalio, 42, died in a fiery car crash in Connecticut on Thursday afternoon, his family confirmed The son of billionaire  hedge fund founder Ray Dalio has died after being involved in a fiery car accident in Connecticut this week, the family has announced.   Devon Dalio, 42, was killed on Thursday afternoon after his Audi smashed into a Verizon store in a Greenwich shopping center and burst into flames, local news outlets reported.  A family spokesperson confirmed his death in a statement to Hearst Connecticut Media Friday evening, saying: 'It is a heartbreaking tragedy and the family is in mourning.' In a tweet, Devon's father Ray Dalio - the billionaire founder of Westport, Connecticut's Bridgewater Associates - known as the world's largest hedge fund - said his family 'would prefer to be incommunicado for the time being.' 'We know that the terrible pain we are feeling has been and continues to be felt by so many others so our sympathies go out to

Coronavirus cases are up 25 per cent on last Saturday as 27,052 Britons tested positive - pushing the number of cases in the UK past two million, it has been revealed today. Latest figures show 534 people died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus - 14 more than last Saturday and 45 more than yesterday. It comes as Boris Johnson cancelled Christmas for more than 17million people today after hitting the panic button on a rampant new mutant strain of coronavirus.  The total number of lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK has now passed more than two million since the outbreak began, according to the Government's dashboard.   Sir Patrick Vallance said the new coronavirus variant may have originated in the UK, but that other types of variants around the world were likely. 'This is a particular constellation of changes, which we think is important,' he said. 'We think it may be in other countries as well, we think it is based mainly, there is a large outbr

The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating five allergic reactions to the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine in the United States this week.  Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said at a press conference that the allergic reactions had been reported in multiple states including Alaska.  Marks also said that a chemical called polyethylene glycol that is an ingredient in the Pfizer vaccine - as well as the Moderna Inc vaccine authorized on Friday - 'could be the culprit' causing the reactions. Marks said that allergic reactions to PEG could be somewhat more common than previously understood. The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating five allergic reactions to the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine in the United States this week The reactions include a Fairbanks, Alaska, clinician, whose name was not released, that started showing symptoms about 10 minutes after being inoculat

Boris Johnson is on the brink of cancelling Christmas for millions of people today amid rising fears about a 'highly contagious' mutant form of coronavirus ripping through the south of England. The PM has summoned an emergency 4pm press conference this afternoon after holding crisis talks with Cabinet - with signs that swathes of the home counties, including London, will be shifted up to a new 'Tier 4'. That bracket will potentially include closing non-essential shops and travel restrictions including 'stay at home' order for Christmas Day itself, even though Mr Johnson insisted just days ago that five-day festive 'bubbles' would go ahead.  The extraordinary U-turn would cause fury among families that have already made plans, booked travel and bought food for reunions.  It follows talks between ministers on how to contain the mutant strain, which is so far thought to have been confined largely to the South East. The PM also spoke to the cabinet on a phon