Russian hackers have reportedly breached the systems computers of the White House. As it states CNN, managed to gain access to President Obama's non-public program.
US officials say it was one of the most advanced cyber attacks ever made against government networks in the country.
The White House for its part reports that the hackers managed to access only unclassified information, and that the attack has been moderated.
Such a statement could very well be made only to reassure the public. but according to the video we publish below, maybe the announcement of the White House is correct.
The alarming thing is that the attack began months before when hackers managed to access the State Department's systems with a simple phishing attack.
Ένας κυβερνητικός υπάλληλος φέρεται να έκανε κλικ σε ένα ψεύτικο σύνδεσμο που ήρθε με ένα μήνυμα ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου και περιείχε στα συνημμένα αρχεία malicious λογισμικό. Το malware επέτρεψε στους επιτιθέμενους να διεισδύσουν στο δίκτυο των χιλιάδων υπολογιστών του State Department με πολύ μεγάλη ευκολία. Δεν είναι τυχαίο που οι ειδικοί security they are more concerned about the human error factor and not so much about the systems themselves.
In the video below, her deputy national security adviser governmentObama's Ben Rhodes says the White House uses a separate network to move classified information.
In this case, we can say that governments, secret services, and large companies actually use different networks for handling sensitive information.
Watch the CNN video
