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More than 50 Cyber Breaches at the Federal Reserve

Written by Matt Golueke | Jun 7, 2016 12:00:00 PM

Federal records show that the U.S. Federal Reserve detected more than 50 cyber security breaches between 2011 and 2015, including several incidents considered to be espionage, according to the Security Industry Association story.

The SIA reports that, the Fed’s cybersecurity team logged 310 incident reports during the four-year span, 140 of which were classified as hacking attempts, reported Reuters

Out of those 310 incidents, the Fed identified 51 incidents of “information disclosure” — a broad classification that includes access by hackers or emails sent by Fed employees to the wrong recipient.

More on the Federal Reserve story in this video by Reuters:

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