Banking Blunder: US Regulator’s Email Compromised in Major Security Snafu
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency fears sensitive financial oversight data was stolen from its IT system in a major information security incident. Snoops accessed highly sensitive information, potentially snooping around for years before anyone noticed. It’s a serious data security failure, and the scale of the intrusion is only now surfacing.
Hot Take:
**_Looks like the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) learned the hard way that sharing is not always caring, especially when it involves letting cyber snoops crash your email party!_**
Key Points:
– An admin email account at the OCC was compromised, potentially leaking sensitive financial oversight data.
– Microsoft tipped off the OCC regarding suspicious email activity on February 11.
– The security breach is considered a “major incident” due to unauthorized access to non-public information.
– 150,000 emails might have been accessed over a span of two years unnoticed.
– The incident highlights a series of cyber intrusions targeting US financial institutions.