Congressional Budget Office says it was hacked in ‘security incident’

Published November 6, 2025 11:52pm ET



The Congressional Budget Office confirmed Thursday that it was compromised by a hack.

“The Congressional Budget Office has identified the security incident, has taken immediate action to contain it, and has implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to further protect the agency’s systems going forward,” Caitlin Emma, chief of media relations for the CBO, said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.

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