Nuked The same Russian government hacking group responsible for a security breach at FireEye compromised the treasury and commerce departments. The group, known as apt29, or cozy bear, was responsible for hacking the US State Department and the White House during the Obama administration.
The hackers may have breached other US government entities. In addition to hacking Treasury and the Commerce Department’s National telecommunications and information Administration (NTIA), the hackers could have breached others.
Government officials considered the hack dire enough that the national security council held an emergency meeting at the White House on Saturday. The National protection Council held a emergency meeting on Saturday.
‘highly sophisticated’ hackers were able to break into NTIA’s Microsoft Office software. It’s not yet clear exactly what information may have been stolen or which foreign government was involved.
