Sam Frizell

Security experts are pointing fingers at Russian hackers for a cyberattack against the White House that came to light late Tuesday, marking the latest high-profile attacks linked to that country.

The attack doesn’t appear to have caused much harm. There was no evidence that hackers had breached classified networks. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest on Wednesday said the attacks were an “inconvenience,” but attributed ongoing network disruption to the government’s cleanup of the incident rather than the attack itself. So why should we care that unclassified networks at the White House were hacked?

First, experts say the White House attack shows just how wide a net Russian hackers appear to have cast, especially as tensions between the U.S. and Russia have heightened amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. The recent hack is just the latest in a slew of attacks attributed to Russian hackers who security researchers have connected to the Russian government — earlier this month, a Russian hacking group reportedly exploited a Microsoft Windows flaw to spy on NATO and the Ukrainian government. Russian hackers were also behind an attack on JPMorgan Chase that compromised customer information linked to 83 million accounts, according to a recent report. If Russian hackers are indeed behind the White House attack, we should be concerned about their possible intent to probe deeper into the White House network.

“The objective of this may have been a test to determine what the security culture is at the White House before targeting more sophisticated networks,” said Armond Caglar, a senior threat specialist at the firm TSC Advantage.

Beyond that, the White House attack shows that even some of the most well-protected institutions are vulnerable, even if the hackers didn’t get ahold of any national security secrets this time around. “On a regular basis, there are bad actors out there who are attempting to achieve intrusions into our system,” a White House official told the Washington Post. “This is a constant battle for the government and our sensitive government computer systems, so it’s always a concern for us that individuals are trying to compromise systems and get access to our networks.”

Attacks on private and public sector entities—including the White House—are now par for the course. Says Adam Golodner, an attorney at Kaye Scholer who practices cybersecurity law: “This is the world in which chief information security officers now live.”

– With reporting from Zeke J. Miller

Not content with revealing five years worth of superhero movies Tuesday, Marvel also revealed an extended look at the next Avengers movie.

Set for theaters on May 1, 2015, Avengers: Age of Ultron will follow Tony Stark’s attempt to push a dormant peacekeeping program, but ends up leading to a showdown between the villainous Ultron and The Avengers team.

This preview features the average cocktail party: a dozen superheroes in a room attempting to lift Thor’s hammer. The party is broken up by an unwanted guest.

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Daniel Radcliffe: child actor extraordinaire, theater star, and now, budding hip-hop idol?

In an appearance Tuesday on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the boy who lived became the man who rapped, with an incredible interpretation of Blackalicious’ Alphabet Aerobics. By any measure an extremely difficult rap to repeat, Alphabet Aerobics employs a heavy dose of mouth-numbing consonance as it wends its way through each letter of the alphabet. But Radcliffe proved himself a wizard on the mic, barely dropping a syllable.

As impressive as Radcliffe’s performance is, the most enjoyable part of the video might just be Fallon’s exuberant head bobbing, especially by the letter “S”. A scintillating spectacle, stunning spectators, especially the show’s sign-squeezing emcee? Radcliffe and Blackalicious can take it from there.

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The Ebola health worker who was the first person forcibly quarantined under New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s controversial health order said Wednesday that she would defy the voluntary quarantine policy of her home state of Maine now that she’s returned there.

In a live interview Wednesday with NBC’s Today, Kaci Hickox said she believes the strict quarantine policy instituted in New York, New Jersey and other states “is not scientifically nor constitutionally just.” Hickox, who helped treat Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, said she will go to court Thursday morning to challenge her quarantine in Maine.

“I am not going to sit around and be bullied by politicians and forced to stay in my home when I am not a risk to the American public,” Hickox said. “I do understand that [Ebola] has created a lot of fear, but we still have to make policies based on evidence.”

Maine Gov. Paul R. LePage, who is in a tight race to seek reelection next week, issued a statement Wednesday saying that his office is seeking “legal authority to enforce the quarantine” on Hickox.

“We are very concerned about her safety and health and that of the community,”said LePage. “We are exploring all of our options for protecting the health and well-being of the healthcare worker, anyone who comes in contact with her, the Fort Kent community and all of Maine.”

LePage said that Maine state police are monitoring the residence where Hickox is staying in Fort Kent “for both her protection and the health of the community.” Reporters confirmed police were parked outside on Wednesday.

Gov says state police now parked outside #kacihickox Fort Kent home "both for her protection & health of community." http://t.co/BVE6iTK2DD—
amy sinclair (@AmyNECN) October 29, 2014

Christie and New York Gov. Cuomo hastily announced a plan on Friday night to quarantine all health workers returning from West Africa who, like Hickox, had dealt with Ebola patients. Other states, including Maine, have introduced similar, though less stringent measures.

The policy in New York and New Jersey, which went beyond the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines and was strongly criticized by the medical community and the Obama administration, was instituted after another health worker, Dr. Craig Spencer, developed Ebola symptoms in New York City after returning from west Africa.

Hickox, who has returned home to Ft. Kent, Maine after being quarantined briefly in New Jersey, said she does not plan on sticking to the guidelines for the full 21-day period, but will continue to monitor her own health.

“You know, I don’t plan on sticking to the guidelines,” she said on NBC. “I remain appalled by these home quarantine policies that have been forced upon me, even though I am in perfectly good health and feeling strong and have been this entire time completely symptom-free.”

Doctors Without Borders, the organization that employed Hickox, issued a strongly worded statement Wednesday condemning blanket quarantines for healthcare workers. “Such a measure is not based upon established medical science,” the organizaton said in a statement. Doctors Without Borders “respects Kaci’s right as a private citizen to challenge excessive restrictions being placed upon her.”

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Benedict Cumberbatch can add “pop star power walk” to his LinkedIn profile, if he has one.

The British star attempted his best Beyonce walk in a recently taped episode of The Graham Norton Show, scheduled to air Saturday Nov. 1 on BBC America.

How did he get himself into such a mess, you may ask? He was following the lead of comedian Miranda Hart, whose routine includes a riff on different walks. Joining Cumberbatch on the show, she demonstrates her prowess, and asks the Sherlock star to join. Cumberbatch, who got his start doing Shakespeare, does a pretty good job. All’s well that ends with Beyonce.