Treasury: Cloud Computing Host Hacked
May 5, 2010
Total Loss:
Unknown
The Treasury Department blamed a cloud computing provider for the disruption of its website that provides the Internet face of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the agency that prints United States currency.
A blog Monday reported that the sites were hacked. As of Tuesday afternoon, the bureau's website was inaccessible.
On Tuesday, Treasury issued the following statement:
"The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) entered the cloud computing arena last year. The hosting company used by BEP had an intrusion and as a result of that intrusion, numerous websites (BEP and non-BEP) were affected. On May 3, the Treasury Government Security Operations Center was made aware of the problem and subsequently notified BEP.
Source:
Bank Info Security; By Eric Chabrow
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Collusive Networks