Over 150,000 OCC emails exposed to unauthorized access
A breach at the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that began in June 2023 compromised an email administrator account. More than 150,000 emails from about 100 bank examiners were accessible, including sensitive information on the supervision of financial institutions. The OCC notified Congress of a major information security incident, and JPMorgan and BNY subsequently limited the information they share with the agency.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- More than 150,000 emails from about 100 bank examiners accessible
- Cause / method
- Compromise of an email administrator account
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- It was disclosed that a compromised email administrator account had made more than 150,000 emails from about 100 examiners accessible, and that Congress had been notified.
- JPMorgan and BNY limited information sharing with the OCC after the breach.
5 related reports
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