Cybercriminals with ties to Russia and China have attacked on Britain's most dangerous nuclear facility, Sellafield. This was reported by the The Guardian, reports UNN
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The Guardian investigation showed that the hack and its and its potential consequences were constantly concealed by senior staff at the nuclear waste storage facility. and decommissioned equipment.
The Guardian found that the authorities do not know exactly when the IT systems of the of the facility were hacked for the first time. But sources claim that the hack was first detected back in in 2015, when experts realized that the computer networks of "Sellafield's computer networks were embedded with software that could be used to spy on or attack the system.
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It is not yet known whether the malware was destroyed. was destroyed. This could mean that the leak could have occurred at some of Sellafi's most Sellafield's most sensitive activities, such as moving radioactive waste or monitoring hazardous materials leaks.
Sources suggest that it is likely that foreign hackers gained access to sensitive materials of the highest level. The full extent of the data loss will be difficult to assess.
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The Sellafield nuclear facility is located on 6 square kilometers on the Cumbrian coast and is one of the most dangerous in the in the world. Sellafield is home to the largest plutonium storage facility on the planet, as well as a dumping ground for nuclear waste from weapons programs and decades of nuclear energy production.
The facility also houses emergency planning documents that emergency planning documents that would be used if the United Kingdom is under foreign attack or faces a disaster.
Built over 70 years ago and formerly known as the Windscale facility Windscale, it produced plutonium for nuclear weapons during the Cold War and received radioactive waste from other countries, including Italy and Sweden.