US energy dept got two ransom requests in data breach

Ransom demands were from Russia-linked extortion gang Cl0p for two entities at the energy department, including a facility for disposal of defence-related radioactive nuclear waste.

The United States Department of Energy has received 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.

The energy department contractor Oak Ridge Associated…