Cyber-security: US government cannot keep hackers out of national networks
The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In the three months since the US Department of State revealed that hackers had attacked its unclassified email network, the government has not been able to rid itself of the hackers and it does not know how much information has been stolen. The government has been working with outside contractors and the National Security Agency to evict the hackers, but each time the investigators spot a breach and block the hacker, they find another way into the network, according to the Wall Street Journal. “We take any possible cyber intrusion very serious—as we did with the one we discussed several months ago—and we deal with them in conjunction with other relevant government agencies.” The government has not said who is behind the cyber attacks, but people familiar with the situation told the Journal that there are whispers that it could be a job done by the Russian government. In a similar attack in 2013, the US Navy found that Iranian hackers had accessed its unclassified network and it took four months to expel the hackers in that case.
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