Foreign government-backed hackers breached the U.S. Treasury

It might be hard to see in the midst of Donald Trump's daily assault on U.S. democracy, but America's enemies are still out there and still up to no good.

Now there's word that hackers backed by an as-yet-unnamed foreign government have breached the U.S. Treasury Department's office that sets internet and telecommunications policy. The Saturday report from Reuters suggests that the hackers found their way in using the department's "office software," Microsoft Office 365.

The "highly sophisticated" hackers were reportedly able to trick the authentication controls governing Microsoft's productivity suite, which includes software like Word, Excel, and the email app Outlook, . U.S. officials believe the hackers were watching staff emails at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for months. Read more...