Federal Reserve Hit by Hackers

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The Federal Reserve is the latest government agency to be hit by a cyber attack, according to reports.
The breach reportedly hit an emergency communications system out of St. Louis.
"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 spokesman said in a statement provided to PCMag. "This incident did not affect critical operations of the Federal Reserve System."[...]

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