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Hackers have recently breached the White House’s unclassified computer network.Hackers have recently breached the White House’s unclassified computer network.
The White House says it has taken steps to address suspicious activity detected on its network. No details were released on who may have been responsible or when the activity occurred.The White House says it has taken steps to address suspicious activity detected on its network. No details were released on who may have been responsible or when the activity occurred.
An official said “activity of concern” was detected while assessing numerous possible cyberthreats that the Executive Office of the President is made aware of daily.An official said “activity of concern” was detected while assessing numerous possible cyberthreats that the Executive Office of the President is made aware of daily.
The situation was dealt with immediately and work continues, although the new measures have led to temporary shut downs of the network and loss of connectivity for some White House employees, the official said. The situation was dealt with immediately and work continues, although the new measures have led to temporary shut-downs of the network and loss of connectivity for some White House employees, the official said. The Washington Post reports that the intranet and VPN were both intermittently unavailable, but that email was unaffected apart from “minor delays”.
“Certainly a variety of actors find our networks attractive targets and seek access to sensitive government information. We are still assessing the activity of concern, and we are not in a position to provide any additional details at this time.” Eyebrows had been raised when National Security Council meetings, typically held in the White House’s situation room, were moved to a number of other locations throughout October. CBS News’ Mark Knoller reports that one was held in the Pentagon in early October, and another in the State department last Friday.
The White House declined to comment on a Washington Post report that Russia was thought to be behind the breach. The White House official added that “certainly a variety of actors find our networks attractive targets and seek access to sensitive government information. We are still assessing the activity of concern, and we are not in a position to provide any additional details at this time.”
The White House declined to comment on a Washington Post report that Russia was thought to be behind the breach. Its intelligence service has already been accused of one breach, of the US military’s classified networks, which was discovered in 2008.
The response to the 2008 breach, codenamed Buckshot Yankee, ran over three years and directly led to America’s current cybersecurity defence network.