Why the US Treasury Keeps Getting Hacked

A Bloomberg News investigation has found that in three major hacks the US Treasury didn’t deploy cybersecurity measures that could have prevented the attacks or flagged the intruders sooner. Our review of previously unreported government documents and interviews with more than a dozen people including current and former Treasury employees, bank executives and cybersecurity experts uncovered new details about the hacks that underscore concerns about the department’s cybersecurity defense dating back years. In all three instances, Bloomberg’s investigation shows, the department failed to deploy security measures that might have prevented the breaches or flagged the intruders sooner. Bloomberg’s cybersecurity reporter Jordan Robertson joined Caroline Hepker and Jack Sidders on Bloomberg Radio to discuss.