Joe Ravi/iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The White House confirmed on Tuesday night that hackers breached the unclassified computer network in the Executive Office of the President in recent weeks.
A senior administration official said in a statement that “activity of concern” was identified on the unclassified network. Immediate measures were taken to evaluate and mitigate that activity. The results of the actions taken to mitigate the breach resulted in some temporary outages and loss of connectivity for users.
No computers or systems were damaged. Still, “some elements of the unclassified network have been affected.”
The Washington Post reports that the activity that concerned the administration was first noticed by a U.S. ally.
An investigation involving the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, and National Security Agency is under way. There was no immediate word as to whether any classified systems were impacted in the breach.
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