WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy got ransom requests from the Russia-linked extortion group Cl0p at both its nuclear waste facility and the scientific education facilities that were recently hit in a global hacking campaign, a spokesperson said on Friday.
Data was "compromised" at two entities within the DOE when hackers gained access through a security flaw in MOVEit Transfer.
The requests came in emails to each facility, said the spokesperson, who did not say how much money was requested.
"The two entities that received them did not engage," with Cl0p and there was no indication that the ransom requests were withdrawn, the spokesperson said.
Cl0p has said it would not exploit any data taken from government agencies, and that it had erased all such data.
Persons:
CISA, Cl0p, Allan Liska, cl0p, Liska, Timothy Gardner, Raphael Satter, Leslie Adler, Daniel Wallis
Organizations:
U.S . Department of Energy, DOE, Associated Universities, U.S, Cybsecurity, Infrastructure Security Agency, Thomson
Locations:
Russia, New Mexico, Washington