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Nevilledog

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Thu Dec 17, 2020, 04:37 PM Dec 2020

Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught [View all]



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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


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