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"The FBI is aware of the incident and is working to gain
additional information," the agency said in an emailed statement
to Reuters, without providing further details.
CNN, which first reported the incident citing people briefed on
the matter, said FBI officials believe it involved computers at
its New York office which were used to investigate child sexual
exploitation.
It was not immediately clear when the incident occurred. One
source told CNN the origin of the hack was still being probed.
The FBI breach is the latest in a series of high-profile U.S.
government hacking incidents over the last decade. In late 2020,
officials discovered a widespread cyber espionage operation
within numerous federal networks by hackers tied to Russian
intelligence.
In 2015, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced it
too had been hacked and that federal employee records were
stolen. The OPM breach was later attributed to Chinese hackers.
(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath and Anirudh Saligrama in
Bengaluru; Additional reporting by Susan Heavey in Washington;
Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Matthew Lewis)
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