U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government

Re:U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign gover... by cbanek on Sunday December 13, 2020 @03:42PM (#25410046)

"monitoring internal email traffic at the U.S. Treasury Department _and_ an agency that decides internet and telecommunications policy"

That's an interesting way of saying a U.S. organization. Does this mean the NSA? I would have assumed they were talking about the FCC, but why not name them?

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Re:U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign gover... by dmix on Sunday December 13, 2020 @03:51PM (#25410131)

It’s mentioned further down

> Treasury and the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration

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Re:U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign gover... by jroblak on Sunday December 13, 2020 @03:49PM (#25410114)

No, the NTIA. It was probably described that way because most people wouldn't recognize the agency or acronym.

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Re:U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign gover... by xxpor on Sunday December 13, 2020 @03:53PM (#25410148)

For anyone who's not familiar, the NTIA is basically the FCC for the federal government itself. They allocate spectrum, create policy, etc.

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Re:U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign gover... by drewpc on Sunday December 13, 2020 @03:49PM (#25410105)

The article mentions that the other organization is the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

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