White House computers 'breached by hackers'

Hackers believed to be working for the Russian government have breached the White House computer networks, according to The Washington Post.

An unnamed White House source said the suspicious cyber activity hasbeen detected on some computers in recent weeks.

This has resulted "in temporary disruptions to some services" as measures are taken to address the intrusion, they continued..

The FBI, National Security Agency and Secret Service are involved in the investigation, the report states.

"Our actions are ongoing and some of our actions have resulted in temporary outages and loss of connectivity for some EOP users," the White House official added.

A second official told Reuters there were no indications that classified networks had been affected by the hacking attack.