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Title: US Congressional Budget Office Hit By Suspected Foreign Cyberattack

Link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/11/07/011522...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: The U.S.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms it suffered a cybersecurity
incident after a suspected foreign hacker breached its network, potentially
exposing sensitive data. In a statement shared with BleepingComputer, CBO
spokesperson Caitlin Emma confirmed the "security incident" and said the
agency acted quickly to contain it. "The Congressional Budget Office has
identified the security incident, has taken immediate action to contain it,
and has implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to
further protect the agency's systems going forward," Emma told
BleepingComputer. "The incident is being investigated and work for the
Congress continues. Like other government agencies and private sector
entities, CBO occasionally faces threats to its network and continually
monitors to address those threats." The Washington Post first reported the
breach, stating that officials discovered the hack in recent days and are now
concerned that emails and exchanges between congressional offices and the
CBO's analysts may have been exposed. While officials have reported told
lawmakers they believe the intrusion was detected early, some congressional
office have allegedly halted emails with the CBO out of security concerns.

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