Hacking of a dozen US Nuclear Power Plants - Business computers only NOT reactor control units. - Could affect delivery of power but not a meltdown to China.

US officials have concluded that hackers working on behalf of a foreign power recently breached at least a dozen US nuclear power sites, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.  They suspect the Russians are doing the hacking... just like they have been doing in Ukraine.

http://www.businessinsider.com/officials-believe-russia-hacked-us-nuclear-power-sites-2017-7

Hackers Are Targeting Nuclear Facilities, Homeland Security Dept. and F.B.I. Say.
In a joint statement with the F.B.I., a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security said, “There is no indication of a threat to public safety, as any potential impact appears to be limited to administrative and business networks.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/technology/nuclear-plant-hack-report.html

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