White House assisting probe of ‘sophisticated’ hack into FBI surveillance system

The White House is working with the FBI, National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to respond to a hack of an FBI surveillance system that was recently disclosed to Congress, according to two U.S. officials with knowledge of the talks.

The bureau informed lawmakers on Wednesday that it is investigating an apparent breach of a sensitive system containing information on the targets of certain law enforcement investigative methods, according to two other U.S. officials with knowledge of the probe and a copy of a congressional notice viewed by POLITICO.

All four officials were granted anonymity to share details of an ongoing law enforcement investigation.

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