Cybersecurity breach at Congressional Budget Office remains a live threat

A cybersecurity breach discovered last week affecting the Congressional Budget Office is now considered “ongoing,” threatening both incoming and outgoing correspondence around Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper.

Employees at the Library of Congress were warned in a Monday email, obtained by POLITICO, that the CBO cybersecurity incident is “affecting its email communications” and that library staff should take a range of measures to protect themselves.

Library of Congress workers also were told to restrict their communication with the nonpartisan agency tasked with providing economic and budgetary information to lawmakers.

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