Fed Had Many Cyber Breaches in Recent Years, Reuters Reports

Hacking attempts were cited in 140 of 310 total reports provided by the Fed, and four incidents in 2012 were called acts of "espionage," Reuters said in an article Wednesday based on Fed records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. At least two of the espionage cases resulted in information being disclosed. The Fed's national cyber security team identified 51 cases of "information disclosure," Reuters reported.

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The records don't identify hackers or say whether sensitive information was accessed or money was stolen, Reuters said. The Fed's security program and processes for detecting and countering attacks are robust, and its critical operations have never been affected, a Fed Board spokesperson said following the report.