Nuke Regulator Hacked By Suspected Foreign Powers

Nuclear Regulatory Commission computers within the past three years were successfully hacked by foreigners twice and also by an unidentifiable individual, according to an internal investigation.

Phishing e-mails baited personnel by asking them to verify their user accounts by clicking a link and logging in.

The link really took victims to "a cloud-based Google spreadsheet." A dozen NRC personnel took the bait and clicked the link. The IG Cyber Crime Unit was able to "track the person who set up the spreadsheet to a foreign country," the report states, without identifying the nation.