It was likely an ‘Intranet’ connectivity also, meaning on a government only network. Opening the ‘spy’ game to another government employee. The kicker on this story is that the hackers stole a ‘tool kit’ that allows our government to mount cyber attacks on other countries. I’m really fed up with the idiocracy that is our government!

Source: ZeroHedge

The US Treasury was allegedly hacked by a “sophisticated hacking group backed by a foreign government” which “stole information from the US Treasury Department and a US agency responsible for deciding policy around the internet and telecommunications,” according to Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter.

The report comes one week after US cybersecurity firm FireEye reported that they had been attacked by a “nation with top-tier offensive capabilities” which allegedly stole internal hacking tools.

The company said hackers used “novel techniques” to make off with its own tool kit, which could be useful in mounting new attacks around the world.

It was a stunning theft, akin to bank robbers who, having cleaned out local vaults, then turned around and stole the F.B.I.’s investigative tools. In fact, FireEye said on Tuesday, moments after the stock market closed, that it had called in the F.B.I. –NYT

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US Treasury Breached By Sophisticated Hacking Group Backed By Foreign Government

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