The Government Shutdown Is a Ticking Cybersecurity Time Bomb

Amid a government shutdown that has dragged on for more than five weeks, the United States Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday that it recently suffered a hack and moved to contain the breach. CBO provides nonpartisan financial and economic data to lawmakers, and The Washington Post reported that the agency was infiltrated by a “suspected foreign actor.”

CBO spokesperson Caitlin Emma told WIRED in a statement that it has “implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to…