May 04, 2010 20:54 EDT
US Treasury website hacked, then suspended
A website of the US Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) was suspended Tuesday after it was hacked, a BEP spokeswoman said.
"The hosting company used by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing had an intrusion and as a result of that intrusion, numerous websites (BEP and non-BEP) were affected," Claudia Dickens told AFP.
The Treasury Government Security Operations Center was made aware of the problem on Monday and subsequently notified BEP, she added.
She said the BEP website and four internet addresses (URLs) pointing to it -- BEP.gov, BEP.treas.gov, Moneyfactory.gov and Moneyfactory.com -- have been suspended until further notice.
As of late Tuesday, the websites were still inaccessible.
The hacking incidents were first reported by a blog of an AVG software vendor official, who said the attacking sites were traced to Ukraine.
AFP
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US Treasury website hacked, then suspended
A website of the US Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) was suspended Tuesday after it was hacked, a BEP spokeswoman said.
"The hosting company used by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing had an intrusion and as a result of that intrusion, numerous websites (BEP and non-BEP) were affected," Claudia Dickens told AFP.
The Treasury Government Security Operations Center was made aware of the problem on Monday and subsequently notified BEP, she added.
She said the BEP website and four internet addresses (URLs) pointing to it -- BEP.gov, BEP.treas.gov, Moneyfactory.gov and Moneyfactory.com -- have been suspended until further notice.
As of late Tuesday, the websites were still inaccessible.
The hacking incidents were first reported by a blog of an AVG software vendor official, who said the attacking sites were traced to Ukraine.
AFP
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The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is a government agency within the United States Department of the Treasury that designs and produces a variety of security products for the United States Government, most notable of which is paper currency for the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve itself is a semi-private bank which acts as the central bank of the United States of America. In addition to paper currency, the B.E.P. produces Treasury securities; military commissions and award certificates; invitations and admission cards; and many different types of identification cards, forms, and other special security documents for a variety of Government agencies. The B.E.P. does not produce coins; all coinage is produced by the United States Mint. With production facilities in Washington, DC, and Fort Worth, Texas, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is the largest producer of Government security documents in the United States.
