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when entering: sudo apt-get update, I get the following error

Hit:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/fingerprint/fingerprint-gui/ubuntu focal InRelease
...
Ign:9 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease                    
Ign:10 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Ign:11 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease         
Err:12 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal Release                     
  404  Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::25 80]
Hit:13 http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu focal InRelease
Err:14 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::25 80]
Err:15 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 2001:67c:1562::25 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.  
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

I have checked out other forums on this website but none of them provided me with solutions that resolve this issue.

Any help would be appreciated,

Zador

Zador Pataki
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Your sources list is wrong. Focal is not in Old-releases as pointed out by guiverc.

How do I restore the default repositories?