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WASHINGTON - Russian hackers accessed an unclassified Pentagon network earlier this year, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday, the latest high-profile penetration of U.S. government networks that has been blamed on Russian hackers.Speaking at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, Carter said the breach, which was only recently declassified and was never publically reported, was quickly detected by Defense Department sensors. It was unclear when the penetration occurred or if the hackers were working on behalf of the Russian government. Attempts by CNN to glean additional details were not immediately successful."(The hackers) discovered an old vulnerability in one of our legacy networks that hadn't been patched," Carter said. "While it's worrisome they achieved some unauthorized access to our unclassified network, we quickly identified the compromise, and had a crack team o
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