Unidentified hackers broke into the computer networks of about ten American power plants, including Wolf Creek in Kansas.
In a report published by the Department of homeland security and the Federal Bureau of investigations says hacker attacks on energy facilities, the United States recorded in may.
Representatives of Wolf Creek said that they have no right to comment on the attacks or to tell you about vulnerabilities in its information security, but added that threats to the public no. According to them, their corporate network that are under attack, is separated from the control system of the nuclear power station.
«There is no evidence of a threat to public safety, because the attack apparently affected only the administrative network,» — said in a joint FBI, a representative of the Department of homeland security.
This was confirmed by John Keely, the speaker of the nuclear energy Institute, which works with all 99 U.S. companies that use nuclear power. «Any allegations that their work is disturbed by the cyber-attacks were reported,» said Keeley.
It is unknown where was a hacker attack, but sources close to the investigation told the New York Times that, presumably, the hackers linked to a foreign government.
«The investigation is still at an early stage, but the methods these hackers remind the technique of the Russian hacking group «Energetic Bear», which was connected with the attacks on the energy sector in 2012,» said sources.
