Federal Reserve Admits To Getting Hacked

The Federal Reserve admitted Tuesday that it was hacked Sunday following claims from hacktivist group Anonymous that it had successfully breached the Fed's security systems.

Hackers accessed a Fed internal server and broke into the database of the St. Louis Fed Emergency Communications System, an emergency communications system that delivers important messages to banks during natural disasters.

"The Federal Reserve system is aware that information was obtained by exploiting a temporary vulnerability in a website vendor product," a Fed spokeswoman told Reuters. "Exposure was fixed shortly after discovery and is no longer an issue. This incident did not affect critical operations of the…
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