China hacked into National Weather Service in September WASHINGTON — Hackers from China breached the federal weather network recently, forcing cybersecurity teams to seal off data vital to disaster planning, aviation, shipping and scores of other important uses, officials said. The intrusion occurred in late September, but officials gave no indication that they had a problem until Oct. 20, according to three people familiar with the hack and the reaction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which includes the National Weather Service. Even then, NOAA did not say its systems were compromised. Officials also said that the agency did not notify the proper authorities when it learned of the attack. NOAA officials declined to discuss the suspected source of the attack, whether it affected classified data, or the delay in notification. NOAA said publicly in October that it was doing “ unscheduled maintenance” on its network without saying that a computer hack made that necessary. In a statement on Wednesday, NOAA spokesman Scott Smullen acknowledged the hacks and said “ incident response began immediately.” He said all systems are working again, and forecasts were accurately delivered to the public. But the agency confirmed to U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., that China was behind the attack. Wolf asked [...]The post China hacked into National Weather Service in September appeared first on Ohio news. ohianews/china-hacked-into-national-weather-service-in-september/
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