Hackers intercepted about 100 bank regulators’ emails for more than a year, gaining access to messages containing agency deliberations and sensitive details about banks it oversees, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The attackers were able to monitor employee emails at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency after breaking into an administrator’s account, said the people. The intrusion was discovered earlier this year, the people added.
The OCC is an independent bureau of the Department of the Treasury which regulates and supervises all national banks, federal saving associations and the federal