US Treasury Department Breached by 'Hackers Backed By Foreign Government'

Reuters reports that "a sophisticated hacking group" backed by "a foreign government" has stolen information from America's Treasury Department, and also from "a U.S. agency responsible for deciding policy around the internet and telecommunications."There is concern within the U.S. intelligence community that the hackers who targeted the Treasury Department and the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration used a similar tool to break into other government agencies, according to three people briefed on the matter. The hack is so serious it led to a National Security Council meeting at the White House on Saturday, said one of the people familiar with the matter.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.