The Congressional Budget Office was hacked. It says it has implemented new security measures

By FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON AP The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday verified it had been hacked potentially disclosing vital regime information to malicious actors Related Articles Trump administration speeds up new rules that would make it easier to charge various protesters Senate to vote on provision to limit Trump administration from attacking Venezuela Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November DC National Guard deployment in the nation s capital ordered by Trump is extended to Feb The small regime office with chosen employees provides objective impartial analysis to backing 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 appealed to do so by lawmakers Caitlin Emma a spokeswoman for the CBO declared in a written announcement that the agency has identified the safeguard development has taken immediate action to contain it and has implemented additional monitoring and new safety 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 The CBO did not confirm whether the content breach was done by a foreign actor The case is being investigated and work for the Congress continues Emma disclosed Like other leadership agencies and private sector entities CBO occasionally faces threats to its configuration and continually monitors to address those threats The CBO manages a variety of massive content sources that relate to a multitude of protocol issues from the Trump administration s mass deportation plans to the unprecedented implementation of sweeping tariffs on countries around the world to massive tax and spending cuts passed into law this summer