Cybersecurity
Russia Link Said to Be Suspected in Attack on White House Computers
It’s not clear whether the attack was carried out by Russian government agents or criminals, officials said.
A member of the U.S. Secret Service looks through binoculars on top of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014
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U.S. cybersecurity specialists suspect that Russian government or criminal hackers were responsible for an attack on an unclassified White House computer system, according to two American officials.
It’s not clear whether the attack was carried out by Russian government agents or criminals, the officials said today, speaking on condition of anonymity because they aren’t authorized to speak to the media. The line between agents and criminal hackers is sometimes non-existent, they said.