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US Nuclear Weapons Agency Breached in Microsoft SharePoint Hack: Report

The National Nuclear Security Administration is responsible for maintaining and designing the US's cache of nuclear weapons.

US Nuclear Weapons Agency Breached in Microsoft SharePoint Hack: Report
No sensitive or classified information was reported compromised in the cybersecurity breach.
  • US National Nuclear Security Administration was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft software
  • The National Nuclear Security Administration manages the US nuclear weapons cache
  • US Energy Department, CISA, and Microsoft did not respond to Reuters' comment requests
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US National Nuclear Security Administration was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft's SharePoint document management software, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a person with knowledge of the matter.

Bloomberg reported that no sensitive or classified information is known to have been compromised in the attack on the National Nuclear Security Administration, the agency responsible for maintaining and designing the nation's cache of nuclear weapons.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

The US Energy Department, US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Microsoft did not immediately respond to request for comments from Reuters.

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