The Federal Bureau of Investigation addressed a cyber incident Thursday, saying that it had discovered “suspicious activities” on its networks.
“The FBI identified and addressed suspicious activities on FBI networks, and we have leveraged all technical capabilities to respond. We have nothing additional to provide,” the bureau said in a statement,accordingto CBS News.
The targeted networks are known as the “digital collection system,” according to sources close to the matter.
“Documents obtained by a Freedom of Information Act [request] by the Electronic Frontier Foundation decades ago described the FBI’s ‘Digital Collection Systems Network’ as a suite of software that is used by the bureau to conduct a wide range of surveillance activities, from wiretaps to pen registers, which are surveillance tools that record phone numbers, IP addresses, signaling, and other information, in real time,” according to CBS.
CNN alsoreportedon the suspicious activity and noted that the FBI is investigating the matter thoroughly.
It described the investigation as being related to a system used “to manage wiretapping and foreign intelligence surveillance warrants as part of investigations.”
“Officials are working to determine the seriousness of the incident,” the network said.
It pointed out that hackers are constantly trying to gain access to the agency’s data, but added it’s rare for such a breach to be publicly acknowledged.
“It’s not clear whether the latest ‘suspicious activity’ uncovered by the FBI is connected to the serious Salt Typhoon breach attributed to Chinese intelligence that affected a variety of U.S. government networks,” the outlet added.
“Suspected Chinese hackers are believed to have infiltrated private sector communications providers and targeted national security networks.”
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