A White House computer network was hit by hackers, resulting in a series of outages and connectivity issues, a White House official said Tuesday.
The official, who asked not to be named discussing the security issues, would not comment on who was believed to be behind the attack. Russian hackers were suspected, the Washington Post reported, citing unnamed sources.
The breach affected the unclassified network used by employees of the executive office of the president. The official said it did not damage any computers or systems. Officials were still investigating and reinforcing the network.
Glad to see the high dollar people the government pays to protect this network have done a great job.The official, who asked not to be named discussing the security issues, would not comment on who was believed to be behind the attack. Russian hackers were suspected, the Washington Post reported, citing unnamed sources.
The breach affected the unclassified network used by employees of the executive office of the president. The official said it did not damage any computers or systems. Officials were still investigating and reinforcing the network.