http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/hackers-breach-some-white-house-computers/2014/10/28/2ddf2fa0-5ef7-11e4-91f7-5d89b5e8c251_story.html
By Ellen Nakashima
The Washington Post
October 28, 2014
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 cybersecurity
teams worked to contain the intrusion.
White House officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss
an ongoing investigation, said that the intruders did not damage any of
the systems and that, to date, there is no evidence 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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