Federal Reserve, DOE Confirm Hackers Breached Servers, Stole Data

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http://www.eweek.com/security/federal-reserve-doe-confirm-hackers-breached-servers-stole-data/

By Robert Lemos
eWEEK.com
2013-02-06

The U.S. banking and energy agencies confirmed that hackers, in separate 
incidents, breached their systems and made off with hundreds of accounts.

Two federal agencies acknowledged this week that hackers had breached their 
systems and stole the personal and account information of workers.

On Feb. 3, a group claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous stated on Pastebin 
that they had compromised a server at the Federal Reserve, which oversees the 
banking system in the United States and grabbed personal details of 4,000 
banking executives. On Wednesday, the financial agency confirmed that hackers 
had exploited a flaw and stolen information.

"The Federal Reserve System is aware that information was obtained by 
exploiting a temporary vulnerability in a Website vendor product. The 
vulnerability was fixed shortly after discovery and is no longer an issue," a 
Federal Reserve spokesperson stated in an e-mail sent to several news agencies. 
"This incident did not affect critical operations of the Federal Reserve 
System."

Such an information leak, known as doxing, is a popular way among hacktivists 
to embarrass a target.

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