Officials with the two agencies that maintain the nuclear stockpile, the Energy Department and the National Nuclear Security Administrations, say hackers accessed their networks in a massive espionage operation, sources told Politico.
At FERC, there was "Highly malicious activity," the report said, although details were not released.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, whose director, Chris Krebs, recently was fired by President Trump after claiming the 2020 election was the most secure ever, "Indicated to FERC this week that CISA was overwhelmed and might not be able to allocate the necessary resources to respond," the report said.
"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," Politico reported.
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DailyMail.com reported the U.S. has an estimated 5,800 nuclear warheads, including on missiles and bombs, ready for launch from submarines, airplanes and land-based missiles.
The report said U.S. national security adviser Robert O'Brien cut short a trip to the Middle East and Europe with week to deal with the fallout.
https://www.wnd.com/2020/12/report-hackers-breached-u-s-nuclear-security-system/
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