Hackers broke into the computer network of U.S. nuclear

Hackers broke into the computer network of U.S. nuclear

MOSCOW, 7 Feb — RIA Novosti. Hackers believed to be associated with a foreign government hacked into the computer network of a dozen American power plants, including nuclear plant “wolf Creek” in Kansas, reports Bloomberg.

The Agency, citing sources close to the investigation has said that the main suspect in the cyber attack is the Russian Federation. Officials in the national security Council, office of the Director of national intelligence and the Department of homeland security declined to comment on the incident.

Experts on cyber security, in turn, has declared that they have evidence linking the attack to any group or state. “While we do not associate it with a particular group,” — said the leading analyst of company FireEye Inc. Shawn McBride.

According to the representative of the NPP, hackers infiltrated the corporate network of the management company that threatened its operational control.

Accusations of “Russian hackers” periodically heard from the lips of Western politicians, which, however, are in no hurry to show any evidence. Such statements were made, in particular, representatives of the US Democratic party, lost the presidential election and also elected President of France Emmanuel macron.

Russia has repeatedly denied accusations of U.S. intelligence in trying to influence U.S. elections, but the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov called them “completely unfounded”. The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking about alleged Russian intervention in elections in the United States, France and Germany, said that there are no facts confirming it, no.

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