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  • Congressional Budget Office HACKED - Info Stolen

    From c186282@c186282@nnada.net to talk.politics.misc,alt.security,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thursday, November 06, 2025 20:09:17
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    https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/congressional-budget-office-hack-treasury/2025/11/06/id/1233552/

    The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday confirmed it
    had been hacked, potentially disclosing important government
    data to malicious actors.

    The small government office, with some 275 employees,
    provides objective, impartial analysis to support lawmakers
    during the budget process. It is required to produce a cost
    estimate for nearly every bill approved by a House or Senate
    committee and will weigh in earlier when asked to do so
    by lawmakers.

    Caitlin Emma, a spokeswoman for the CBO said in a written
    statement that the agency “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.”

    The Washington Post first wrote the story on the CBO hack,
    stating that the intrusion was done by a suspected foreign
    actor, citing four anonymous people familiar with the situation.

    . . .

    Even the main govt offices can't keep Vlad and Xi's
    boyz out of their systems. NOT good.

    I wonder how many lines Vlad and Xi have direct
    into the Pentagon ?

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  • From Gronk@invalide@invalid.invalid to talk.politics.misc,alt.security,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thursday, November 06, 2025 22:27:50
    From Newsgroup: alt.security

    c186282 wrote:
    https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/congressional-budget-office-hack-treasury/2025/11/06/id/1233552/


    The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday confirmed it
    had been hacked, potentially disclosing important government
    data to malicious actors.

    The small government office, with some 275 employees,
    provides objective, impartial analysis to support lawmakers
    during the budget process. It is required to produce a cost
    estimate for nearly every bill approved by a House or Senate
    committee and will weigh in earlier when asked to do so
    by lawmakers.

    Caitlin Emma, a spokeswoman for the CBO said in a written
    statement that the agency “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.”

    The Washington Post first wrote the story on the CBO hack,
    stating that the intrusion was done by a suspected foreign
    actor, citing four anonymous people familiar with the situation.

    . . .

      Even the main govt offices can't keep Vlad and Xi's
      boyz out of their systems. NOT good.

      I wonder how many lines Vlad and Xi have direct
      into the Pentagon ?

    The PresiFELON made that easy for his buddy

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    A top Republican senator is proposing a sweeping
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    The firing of the head of the National Security Agency was
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