During the past couple months, hackers have attacked multiple nuclear power plants around the United States, reports The New York Times. The identity of the hackers isn’t known and we don’t know the motive. Among the facilities affected was the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operation Corporation, which oversees a plant near Burlington, Kansas.
The article cites a joint report from the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI from last week.
Other targets, including energy companies and manufacturing plants, have been identified. Outside of Wolf Creek, it’s unknown if additional nuclear facilities were actually breached. The government’s report says there’s no indication hackers were able to “jump from their victims’ computers into the control systems of the facilities.”
