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OCC email system breach

BJ Sanford BJ Sanford • April 8, 2025

“The OCC discovered that the unauthorized access to a number of its executives’ and employees’ emails included highly sensitive information relating to the financial condition of federally regulated financial institutions used in its examinations and supervisory oversight processes.”

OCC Notifies Congress of Incident Involving Email System
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Confidential Supervisory Information Information Security & Cybersecurity Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

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