The
Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which
maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that hackers
accessed their networks as part of an extensive espionage operation
that has affected at least half a dozen federal agencies, officials
directly familiar with the matter said.
On
Thursday, 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.
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 at NNSA, and the Richland Field Office of the DOE.
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