Hackers thought to be working for the Russian government breached
the unclassified White House computer networks in recent weeks, sources
said, resulting in temporary disruptions to some services while cyber
teams worked to contain the intrusion.
White House officials,
speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation,
said the intruders did not damage any of the systems, and to date, there
is no evidence that the classified network was hacked.
“In
the course of assessing recent threats, we identified activity of
concern on the unclassified Executive Office of the President network,”
said one White House official. “We took immediate measures to evaluate
and mitigate the activity....Unfortunately, some of that resulted in the
disruption of regular services to users. But people were on it and are
dealing with it.”
The FBI, Secret Service and National Security
Agency are all involved in the investigation. White House officials are
not commenting on who was behind the intrusion or how much data, if any,
was taken.
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