Media reported the hacking of the U.S. Library of Congress email account

Foreign hackers broke into the e-mail of the Library of Congress of the United States. This was reported by the Associated Press agency on November 17.

According to the agency, the attackers gained access to the correspondence of employees of Congress and the library, which they conducted from January to September. The employees were aware of the incident.

"In the breach notification, the library noted that the House and Senate information technology networks, 'including individual House and Senate email accounts, were not compromised in any way,'" the agency said in the release.

As a result, the security vulnerabilities have been addressed. At the moment, measures are being taken to prevent similar incidents. The case is transferred to the FBI, which is investigating the extent of the leak.

Earlier, on October 10, the Internet Archive organization was subjected to a DDoS attack, the service of storing copies of web pages Wayback Machine and online library Open Library, which the company owns, were inaccessible. There was also a leak of user data.

Prior to that, on September 30, The Washington Post reported that at least 12 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs illegally used their position to review the medical records of the candidates for vice president of the United States - Jay Dee Vance, the Republican candidate, and Tim Walz, representing the Democratic Party.