Russian hackers reached sensitive White
House systems: CNN
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[April 08, 2015]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian
hackers penetrated sensitive parts of the White House computer system
after intruding at the U.S. State Department in recent months, CNN
reported on Tuesday, citing U.S. officials briefed on the matter.
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The White House said the report did not refer to a new incident
but was "speculating" about the source of cyber activities that were
disclosed last year.
Spokesman Mark Stroh said in a statement that the White House would
not comment on CNN's attribution of the cyber attack to Russian
hackers.
White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said in an
appearance on CNN on Tuesday that the White House in 2014 disclosed
cyber intrusions that did not affect classified information.
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"We have an unclassified system and then we have a classified
system, a top secret system," Rhodes said. "We do not believe that
our classified systems were compromised."
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CNN said the hackers gained access to unclassified but potentially
sensitive information such as non-public details of the president's
schedule.
(Reporting by Emily Stephenson, Jeff Mason and Julia Edwards;
Editing by Sandra Maler)
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