The implications of such a thing could have been terrifying and tragic. Goes to show that you should never be overconfident about or underestimate the security

The implications of such a thing could have been terrifying and tragic. Goes to show that you should never be overconfident about or underestimate the security of your computer systems. Especially if you are a critical government agency. I hope they've learned their lesson about having a cybersecurity plan and system backups in place, instead of hubris. They avoided the consequences this time, but next time it could be too late.