Security News > 2020 > December > SolarWinds hackers breach agency in charge of US nuclear weapons

Nation-state hackers have breached the networks of the National Nuclear Security Administration and the US Department of Energy.

NNSA is a semi-autonomous government agency responsible for maintaining and securing the US nuclear weapons stockpile.

The NNSA was established by the US Congress in 2000 and it is also tasked with responding to nuclear and radiological emergencies within the Unites States and abroad. Officials familiar with the matter told Politico that federal investigators have found evidence of hackers gaining access to US DOE and NNSA networks as part of the ongoing US govt compromise campaign.

The list of US government targets compromised so far in this campaign also includes the US Treasury, the US Department of State, US NTIA, US NIH, DHS-CISA, and the US Department of Homeland Security.

SolarWinds' customer list [1, 2] includes more than 425 US Fortune 500 companies, all top ten US telecom companies, as well as several government agencies including the US Military, the US Pentagon, the US Department of Justice, the State Department, NASA, NSA, Postal Service, NOAA, and the Office of the President of the United States.

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