Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught

[Nevilledog]

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Natasha Bertrand
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Dec 17, 2020
SCOOP/BREAKING NEWS: The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that hackers accessed their networks, officials directly familiar with the matter said.

Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught
Hackers accessed systems at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.
politico.com

Natasha Bertrand
@NatashaBertrand
Investigators found suspicious activity in networks belonging to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories in New Mexico and Washington, the Office of Secure Transportation and the Richland Field Office of the DOE.
1:32 PM · Dec 17, 2020

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/17/nuclear-agency-hacked-officials-inform-congress-447855

[BootinUp]

1. Check the Crown Jewels, sigh. Nt

[SheltieLover]

2. Thanks, dump

Ty for sharing! 1/20 cannot come quickly enough!

[2naSalit]

3. Two, well three, thoughts/questions cross my mind simultaneously...

Was this what the repugs were afraid to reveal about their fealty to asshole? I mean were they aware he would turn the planet into a nuclearized cinder if he didn't win? Is this the retaliation for voting him out?

[Irish_Dem]

4. Would they get launch codes and passwords? How secure are they? nt

[gratuitous]

6. The passwords are VERY secure

Nobody would guess WorldGoBoom123!

[Irish_Dem]

9. Hackers had that on their list for sure. :)

[EndlessWire]

10. LOL! n/t

[sarisataka]

13. No and very.

The NNSA is involved in maintenance and development, they do not have operational control of the weapons. They have no need for the codes and would not be given access.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Last week we found out they had access to the US Treasury, now the nuclear weapons.

Have to wonder what they are looking for and what they could do.
Glad to hear unlikely they can access launch information.

[Brainfodder]

5. Death Count Donnie ofc owns this BS.

He left the barn doors askew after all and just pretended to be President?

Not shocked, but this coming out post-election is a bit off, as well?




Await the mass hysteria of the RW media?

[Arne]

8. I'm having a bit of that mass hysteria myself.

[Brainfodder]

14. Expected, but Republicans.....?

Long over due to wake up a little bit even?

Those who willingly subject their brains and leave unquestioning even super obvious wacko tripe?

It is not all of them, but it's way above 0.

It's about time organized numbers win, not these weasels.

The system is borked, and super borked it appears with all the hacking coming to light at an awkward time, but remember fondly that Death Count Donnie owns it!

[Politicub]

7. They were invited in to breach our networks.

This wasn’t a random hack.

[uponit7771]

11. They breached the data and just "looked" cause that's what we were told in 16 when DBs were

... breached then.

We now know unless there are ground up builds of all hardware there's no op sec whatsoever

[maxrandb]

12. Every "effing" person from this Donnie Shit for Brains misadministration

Should go to Federal Prison...and that includes every fucking judge who accepted a nomination from him.

Seriously, at what point do we treat everyone who worked for him, or served him, like a 1930's German Nazi, or someone in the Vichy French?

[Klaralven]

16. Richard Clarke was on CNN and said no classified networks have been compromised

[Hekate]

17. KnR