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Library of Congress says it stopped a sophisticated cyber intruder; committee urges continued vigilance
Summary
Librarian Carla Hayden told the House Administration Committee the library detected and mitigated an "extremely sophisticated" cyber breach last year with help from Microsoft and law enforcement and is moving toward ongoing cybersecurity reviews.
Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden told the House Committee on House Administration that a sophisticated cyber breach affecting Library of Congress email accounts and communications was identified and mitigated last year with outside partners and law enforcement.
Asked about high-level lessons from the incident, Chairman Neal noted the breach "compromised the content of several emails from members of…
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