Hackers break into Nuclear Regulatory Commission computers
Hackers have successfully infiltrated Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) computers twice in the past three years, according to a leaked internal investigation report.
News of the breaches broke via Nextgov, which claims to have learned of the breaches after issuing open records requests to the NRC. At the time of publishing the NRC had not responded to V3's request for comment.
The report showed that the NRC was successfully hacked by two foreign attackers during one incident, and a single "unidentifiable individual" during the other. One of the incidents saw the attacker mount a sophisticated phishing email campaign that targeted roughly 215 NRC employees, designed to steal their account login credentials. More than 12 NRC employees are listed as "taking the bait".
