Federal Nuclear Agency Hacked.
Hackers were able to gain access to the Department of Energy and the Nation Nuclear Security Administration. (Politico)
“The attack on DOE is the clearest sign yet that the hackers were able to access the networks belonging to a core part of the U.S. national security enterprise. The hackers are believed to have gained access to the federal agencies’ networks by compromising the software company SolarWinds, which sells IT management products to hundreds of government and private-sector clients.
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The data breach was significant, but we may not know how extensive for several months or even years. The President has yet to even mention the this extraordinary lapse in cyber security suffered by some of the most sensitive areas of our government. We have the best computer scientists in the world located in Silicon Valley and it’s time to start employing these talented people to protect America’s data systems! What we have now is not working as evidenced by repeated breaches that threaten national security.
