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How the U.S. thinks Russians hacked the White House
« on: April 08, 2015, 03:14:45 pm »
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/07/politics/how-russians-hacked-the-wh/index.html

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Washington (CNN)Russian hackers behind the damaging cyber intrusion of the State Department in recent months used that perch to penetrate sensitive parts of the White House computer system, according to U.S. officials briefed on the investigation.

While the White House has said the breach only affected an unclassified system, that description belies the seriousness of the intrusion. The hackers had access to sensitive information such as real-time non-public details of the president's schedule. While such information is not classified, it is still highly sensitive and prized by foreign intelligence agencies, U.S. officials say.

The White House in October said it noticed suspicious activity in the unclassified network that serves the executive office of the president. The system has been shut down periodically to allow for security  .

The FBI, Secret Service and U.S. intelligence agencies are all involved in investigating the

I watched the spokeshole for the administration speak last night on cnn. What a dim bulb he was. He kept on saying...no the super top secret wasn't hacked. Yet it was hacked and we need congress to pass more laws so it won't get hacked. But the top official super secret wasn't hacked.