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We Got This Covered
We Got This Covered
Politics
David James

China successfully hacks US nuclear weapons agency through Microsoft vulnerability, officials insist that’s no big deal

You might think that China successfully hacking into the United States’ National Nuclear Security Administration, the arm of the Energy Department that controls the production and disposal of the nation’s nuclear arsenal would be a huge deal. But, apparently, there’s nothing to see here and this is just one of those things that sort of happens. No biggie!

What seems like it should be bigger news began with a quiet announcement from one of their spokespeople, who told Bloomberg:

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