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The US has evidence hackers gained access to their networks as part of a massive cyber campaign, Politico has reported, citing officials directly familiar with the matter. Experts identified suspicious activity in the networks of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories in New Mexico and Washington, as well as the Office of Secure Transportation and the Richland Field Office of the Department of Energy.
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Agencies within the Department of Energy (DOE), including portions of the agency charged with maintaining the nation s nuclear weapons stockpile, were breached as part of a massive hack on an IT group that has hit almost a dozen federal agencies, officials said Thursday.
DOE spokesperson Shaylyn Hynes confirmed to The Hill that business networks for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) were impacted as part of the infiltration of SolarWinds software. The spokesperson said the department is responding to the cyber incident in coordination with our federal and industry partners. The investigation is ongoing and the response to this incident is happening in real time.