US nuclear agency, three states, Microsoft attacked by Russian hackers

The hack of the nuclear agency was reported earlier by Politico. Microsoft spokesman said the company had found malicious code in its environment

The U.S. nuclear weapons agency and at least three states were hacked as part of a suspected Russian cyber-attack that struck a number of federal government agencies. Reuters reported that Microsoft Corp. was also breached, but the company denied its products were used to further attacks on others.

The Energy Department and its National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains America’s nuclear stockpile, were targeted as part of the larger attack, according to a person familiar with the matter. An ongoing investigation has found the hack didn’t affect “mission-essential national security functions,” Shaylyn Hynes, a Department of Energy spokeswoman, said in a