The Congressional Budget Office was reportedly hacked by a foreign actor in a "security incident," according to reports Thursday.
The incident apparently happened in recent days "potentially exposing the key financial research data Congress uses to craft legislation," according to The Washington Post.
"Officials discovered the incursion in recent days and now worry that communications between lawmakers’ offices and nonpartisan researchers could have been accessed by an adversary or one of its digital proxies, as well as internal email and office chat logs," several sources told The Post.
The office is a nonpartisan bookkeeper for lawmakers and oversees important financial information for Congress.
“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,” CBO spokeswoman Caitlin Emma said in a statement. “The incident is being investigated and work for the Congress continues. Like other government agencies and private sector entities, CBO occasionally faces threats to its network and continually monitors to address those threats.”