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An unclassified White House network has been compromised by hackers thought to be associated with the Russian government.–PC Pitstop<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n By Stu Sjouwerman, for KnowBe4.com Security Awareness Training<\/p>\n The White House told the press this week that its Executive Office of the President (EOP) network was hacked a few weeks ago, and pooh poohed the data breach by pointing out that it was “only” an unclassified network and the hackers were committing “fairly standard espionage.” Yeah, sure.<\/p>\n The fact an unclassified White House network has been penetrated is an epic fail, and that they are downplaying the hack indicates it is probably a lot worse than they are admitting. To add insult to injury, they did not even know until a friendly foreign government told them about the compromise. Ouch.<\/p>\n It’s likely that this hack was a staging area so the hackers could get into a classified network, potentially using something similar to the AirHopper keylogger which allows bridging the air gap using FM radio signals. Here is a video that demonstrates this very scary new technology: <\/p>\nWhite House Computers Hacked by Russians<\/h4>\n