FBI: Hackers Targeting US Nuclear Facilities – Amber Warning Issued
Sean Adl-Tabatabai
YourNewsWire.com
July 7, 2017
Hackers have broken into computer networks belonging to nuclear power stations across the United States, the FBI have confirmed.
According to a report by The New York Times, The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have issued an amber alert confirming that the attacks had been occuring since May this year.
Nytimes.com reports: The report did not indicate whether the cyberattacks were an attempt at espionage — such as stealing industrial secrets — or part of a plan to cause destruction. There is no indication that hackers were able to jump from their victims’ computers into the control systems of the facilities, nor is it clear how many facilities were breached.
Wolf Creek officials said that while they could not comment on cyberattacks or security issues, no “operations systems” had been affected and that their corporate network and the internet were separate from the network that runs the plant.
In a joint statement with the F.B.I., a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security said, “There is no indication of a threat to public safety, as any potential impact appears to be limited to administrative and business networks.”
The hackers appeared determined to map out computer networks for future attacks, the report concluded. But investigators have not been able to analyze the malicious “payload” of the hackers’ code, which would offer more detail into what they were after.
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