Hack against US is ‘grave’ threat, cybersecurity agency says

Federal authorities are expressing increased alarm about a long-undetected intrusion into U.S. and other computer systems around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russian hackers. The nation’s cybersecurity agency warned of a “grave” risk to government and private networks.

The hack compromised federal agencies and “critical infrastructure” in a sophisticated attack that was hard to detect and will be difficult to undo, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in an unusual warning message Thursday. The Department of Energy acknowledged it was among those that had been hacked.

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Also see:

Nuclear Weapons Agency Hacked in Widening Cyberattack – Report
The Energy Department and its National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA), which is the agency that maintains the U.S. nuclear stockpile, have been compromised as part of the widespread cyberattack uncovered this week stemming from the massive SolarWinds hack.
https://threatpost.com/nuclear-weapons-agency-hacked-cyberattack/162387/

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