The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Capitol Hill’s nonpartisan accounting service that delivers financial assessments for legislation, was accessed in a hack potentially tied to a foreign hacker group.
"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," CBO spokesperson Caitlin Emma said in a statement.
"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 statement added.
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