US Department of Energy breached 150 times in four years
US government departments are always being targeted by all sorts of hackers, ranging from hacktivists and teenagers, through to nation-states and criminal gangs.  So it is no surprise to hear that the US Department of Energy has been hacked: what it worrying is to find that of the 1,131 attacks made over the period 2010-14, some 150 were successful.
It's no surprise that the US Department of Energy (DOE) is a major target for cyberattacks, but new data shows just how often the agency gets hit: between 2010 and 2014, attackers breached DOE's security 150 times, according to a report today by USA Today.

USA Today via the Freedom of Information Act acquired records of the security incidents from DOE's Joint Cybersecurity Coordination Center. Attackers attempted to hit systems with data on the power grid, nuclear weapons stockpile, and DOE's laboratories, USA Today reports.

The agency reported 1,131 attack attempts during a 48-month period, of which 159 were "successful," the publication reports.

Read the full report from USA Today here.