U.S. Nukes Face Up to 10 Million Cyber Attacks Daily

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http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/03/20/us-nukes-face-up-to-10-million-cyber-attacks-daily

By Jason Koebler
US News and World Report
March 20, 2012

The computer systems of the agency in charge of America's nuclear 
weapons stockpile are "under constant attack" and face millions of 
hacking attempts daily, according to officials at the National Nuclear 
Security Administration.

Thomas D'Agostino, head of the agency, says the agency faces cyber 
attacks from a "full spectrum" of hackers.

"They're from other countries' [governments], but we also get fairly 
sophisticated non-state actors as well," he said. "The [nuclear] labs 
are under constant attack, the Department of Energy is under constant 
attack."

A spokesman for the agency says the Nuclear Security Enterprise 
experiences up to 10 million "security significant cyber security 
events" each day.

"Of the security significant events, less than one hundredth of a 
percent can be categorized as successful attacks against the Nuclear 
Security Enterprise computing infrastructure," the spokesman said—which 
puts the maximum number at about 1,000 daily.

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