2013-02-05: Federal Reserve Website Breach
Level Three Attack
Federal Reserve reports internal website breach. Re-ranked as Gibson Level Three, due to internal corporate forum (or similar) hack with password hash theft.
- Ars Technica: Data siphoned in Fed reserve hack a “bonanza” for spear phishers
- CNet: Federal Reserve confirms its Web site was hacked
- Reuters: Fed says internal site breached by hackers, no critical functions affected
This alert was revised from a Level Two to a Level Three after new information came to light.