NNSA Head computer account hacked!
From The Smoking Gun:
The Obama administration official who heads the agency responsible for maintaining the country’s nuclear stockpile as well as securing “loose nukes” worldwide is the latest victim of “Guccifer.”
Neile Miller, acting administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently had her Facebook account breached by the notorious hacker, who also apparently illegally accessed one of Miller’s personal e-mail accounts.
In 2010, Obama nominated Miller, 55, for the principal deputy administrator’s post at NNSA (she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in August 2010). Following the departure of the agency’s administrator in January, Miller stepped up into the post of acting administrator.
Miller, who has top secret security clearances, runs an agency with a broad portfolio of nuclear-related responsibilities, including managing and securing the nation’s nuclear weapons and keeping weapons of mass destruction “out of the hands of state and non-state actors.” The NNSA has a $12 billion annual budget, 2500 employees, and 35,000 other contract workers.
Based on screen grabs sent to TSG by “Guccifer,” it does not appear that the hacker accessed any confidential or sensitive material from Miller’s accounts. Though the online outlaw did make sure to swipe photos of Miller with Obama at a White House meeting last year and--as seen above--a shot of her posing at the president’s right shoulder in the Oval Office. The hacker added the oval “Guccifer” logo to the photo.
Through an NNSA spokesperson, Miller--who last month announced that she was leaving her government post effective June 14--declined to comment beyond noting that “these were personal accounts and no classified information was accessed.”
While it is unclear how Miller was hacked, she was likely an attractive target for “Guccifer” due to her governmental position. The hacker has recently broken into the personal e-mail account of the Obama administration official who heads the National Intelligence Council and the appointee who runs the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Several months into an online strafing campaign, “Guccifer” appears unconcerned about the law enforcement effort to capture him/her/them. “My end is far,” the hacker noted in an e-mail “Remember this is another chapter of the game.”
From The Smoking Gun:
The Obama administration official who heads the agency responsible for maintaining the country’s nuclear stockpile as well as securing “loose nukes” worldwide is the latest victim of “Guccifer.”
Neile Miller, acting administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently had her Facebook account breached by the notorious hacker, who also apparently illegally accessed one of Miller’s personal e-mail accounts.
In 2010, Obama nominated Miller, 55, for the principal deputy administrator’s post at NNSA (she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in August 2010). Following the departure of the agency’s administrator in January, Miller stepped up into the post of acting administrator.
Miller, who has top secret security clearances, runs an agency with a broad portfolio of nuclear-related responsibilities, including managing and securing the nation’s nuclear weapons and keeping weapons of mass destruction “out of the hands of state and non-state actors.” The NNSA has a $12 billion annual budget, 2500 employees, and 35,000 other contract workers.
Based on screen grabs sent to TSG by “Guccifer,” it does not appear that the hacker accessed any confidential or sensitive material from Miller’s accounts. Though the online outlaw did make sure to swipe photos of Miller with Obama at a White House meeting last year and--as seen above--a shot of her posing at the president’s right shoulder in the Oval Office. The hacker added the oval “Guccifer” logo to the photo.
Through an NNSA spokesperson, Miller--who last month announced that she was leaving her government post effective June 14--declined to comment beyond noting that “these were personal accounts and no classified information was accessed.”
While it is unclear how Miller was hacked, she was likely an attractive target for “Guccifer” due to her governmental position. The hacker has recently broken into the personal e-mail account of the Obama administration official who heads the National Intelligence Council and the appointee who runs the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Several months into an online strafing campaign, “Guccifer” appears unconcerned about the law enforcement effort to capture him/her/them. “My end is far,” the hacker noted in an e-mail “Remember this is another chapter of the game.”
Comments
Did you read the article? There was NO IMPACT from this non-event. They got hacked like thousands of others do every day. No secrets were exposed, no classified compromised.
Do you just enjoy depriving people of their freedoms?
If you feel that we need to establish MORE regulations that cost you MORE money to enforce, while removing MORE of your freedoms, I'm just glad there aren't more than the few of you that hang out here.
You'll be the first to complain about government inaction when you are targeted. It is unwise to be publicly known as a holder of a Q clearance. I hope your family knows what danger they are in.
Her FACEBOOK account gets hacked. Since when did NNSA have anything to do with the running of that web site?
Can we blame the Y12 security fiasco on Google?
This is an uninformed knee jerk reaction posting only worthy of a member of congress.
Only the peons are at risk and will now be required to take attentional online training to cover for the screw-ups of NNSA management. Same as it ever was.
You'll be the first to complain about government inaction when you are targeted. It is unwise to be publicly known as a holder of a Q clearance. I hope your family knows what danger they are in.
June 15, 2013 at 9:38 PM
Yes, they absolutely do know what danger they are in.
We have all taken the recommended firearms and marksmanship training, and we have an adequate supply of weapons and ammunition at home. We have a complete surveillance system installed at home. and we always keep blinds drawn and doors securely locked.
When in public, all members of my family wear dark clothing, including hoods and ski masks (except when we have to enter a bank). My wife and children are prohibited from talking with anybody that we have not pre-screened.
Use of the internet is not allowed in my household. Anonymous use at the public library is occasionally permitted (like now), but no use of social media, ever.
We do not have a land-line at home. All phone use is by pre-paid anonymous cell phones, which are smashed and discarded after 5 uses.
We eat only canned food with intact labels.
I have a super-filtration system to process all water.
I have a number of bug-sweepers which I use at least once a week to survey the house, all vehicles, and all personal possessions.
These are just the standard precautions that all holders of Q clearance are trained to use. I know that our odds of surviving are slim, but we do what we can.
June 17, 2013 at 11:28 AM
"trained to use"??? By whom?? Your rant is either ironic (if you even understand the word) or just plain scary. The "hunting and fishing" guy is clapping for you. Assuming you are being funny (not), your outrageous reaction to using a little common sense when considering publicly advertising yourself as being privy to US Top Secret RD nuclear weapon design information is just stupid. If you think there is no risk, please rethink, or at least give up your Q clearance, because you are a risk to the rest of us. OPM, are you listening?
I think the "outrageous reaction" was June 15, 2013 at 9:38 PM, who seemed quite concerned about the danger to the families of clearance-holders.
Get some perspective, people. All clearance holders are trained in how to hold a clearance. I don't know of anybody who "publicly advertises" their clearance, on social media or anywhere else (including, by the way, the subject of the original article).
We understand the risks and how to handle them. Implying that the family of a clearance-holder is in "danger" is just not rational.
And why would an NNSA administrator need a Facebook site anyways? To accumulate the largest number of "friends" as a necessary part of their work? Their bio is on the NNSA website. The complete list of who is in their social network is sensitive information simply because it is so useful for an attacker and it can be leveraged over and over and over again whether to attack the administrator or to seek out other big fish to attack.
So after all the pontificating, you agree.
There you have it folks!