Hack compromises systems at the US Congressional Budget Office
The US Congressional Budget Office was hacked and investigated a breach of its systems. The possibility of an attack by a foreign actor and suspicions of Chinese involvement were raised, and the CBO introduced new security measures.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- External hacking, with possible involvement of a foreign actor and China raised
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The hacking of the Congressional Budget Office's systems, the incident investigation and the introduction of new security measures were reported.
- The chairman of the House Budget Committee issued a statement on the CBO data breach.
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