Report: Hackers accessed US nuclear weapons agency

• Author: Elad Benari
• Published date: 18 December 2020
• Date: 18 December 2020
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

DOE and NNSA officials began coordinating notifications about the breach to their congressional oversight bodies after being briefed by Rocky Campione, the chief information officer at DOE, according to the report.

They 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.

The hackers have been able to do more damage at FERC than the other agencies, the officials said, but did not elaborate.

On Wednesday, the US government confirmed that a cyberattack affected its networks and said the attack was "significant and ongoing".

"This is a developing situation, and while we continue to work to understand the full extent of this campaign, we know this compromise has affected networks within the federal government," said a joint statement issued by the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).

"Over the course of the past several days, the FBI, CISA, and ODNI have become aware of a significant and ongoing cybersecurity campaign," the joint statement said.

The confirmation came days after it was reported...