OCC reports ‘major’ cyber incident involving senior officials’ emails

Hackers intercepted bank regulators’ emails for more than a year, accessing highly sensitive financial information, the OCC said.

A major security incident in which hackers accessed the email system of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has been notified to Congress.

The prolonged access to the agency’s email system led to the hacker gaining access to numerous emails and email attachments containing highly sensitive data,

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