Vacuuming too much information by unwieldy government leaves consumers vulnerable to damaging attacks by hackers

 

"Some of the U.S.'s largest banks have pulled back from some electronic information-sharing with a key bank regulator after it disclosed a major cyberattack earlier this month.

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Bank of New York Mellon are seeking other ways to send sensitive information to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency due to concerns around an email hack that is still under investigation, according to people familiar with the matter.

Banks have expressed alarm about the breach and the OCC's communication and slow response to the incident, the people said. That has led some of them to hit pause on certain forms of electronic information-sharing, while others have been in discussion with the OCC about secure alternatives for sending information, the people said.

The OCC posted a notice about the hack on its website in February. But it didn't proactively notify banks about the incident, people familiar with the matter said. Some of the banks didn't learn about the hack until media reports.

The OCC earlier this month said the attack targeted its email system and was discovered after the agency noticed unusual interactions between an administrative account and OCC user mailboxes. The agency is conducting an independent third-party assessment of the incident, including a review of the compromised email messages. The OCC said it is keeping banks informed of the investigation's progress.

The banks that have pulled back from sharing information electronically are still largely in the dark about what information may have been disclosed to hackers, the people familiar with the matter said.

The agency is being led on a temporary basis by Rodney Hood, who served as chair of the regulatory agency overseeing credit unions in Trump's first administration. Bloomberg earlier reported on the banks' reaction.

Trump administration officials have said they want to make major changes at the OCC and other banking regulators, including by consolidating some of the agencies or forcing more coordination between them.

In February, the White House issued an executive order that if implemented would remove some of the independence traditionally afforded the OCC and other banking regulators.

In a speech last month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he intended to play a leadership role in banking regulation. "We need our financial regulators singing in unison from the same song sheet," Bessent said." [1]

1. Big Banks Alarmed After U.S. Regulator Says It Was Hacked. Tokar, Dylan.  Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y.. 16 Apr 2025: B2.

For the instigator of nuclear war who felt like an eagle

  Another eagle has appeared. Roam the world without serious business, but not at our expense. We need people who can work. Eagles are not needed here in times of nuclear war possibility. You are not eagles, you are thieves, like your Zelensky and the generals with gold teeth and gold spoons.

Branduolinio karo kurstytojui, pasijutusiam ereliu

 Dar vienas erelis atsirado. Šlaistykis po pasaulį be rimto reikalo, bet ne mūsų sąskaita. Mums reikia žmonių, sugebančių dirbti. Ereliai čia nereikalingi branduolinio karo laikais. Jūs ne ereliai, jūs vagys, kaip tas jūsų Zelenskis ir generolai su auksiniais dantimis ir auksiniais šaukštais.

The most important mistake of Lithuanian diplomacy is that there is no Lithuanian diplomacy. The clacking of weapons by a Lilliputian state is never and will never be diplomacy

"During his visit to Belarus and after a meeting with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, the Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, answered journalists' questions and reproached Poland, the Baltic states and NATO as a whole.

 

S. Naryshkin was asked how he assessed the situation around the allied state against the backdrop of aggressive rhetoric and militarization of its Western neighbors, reports the Belarusian state news agency BELTA.

 

According to him, Poland and the Baltic states are demonstrating special aggressiveness, especially in their rhetoric, and, as S. Naryshkin said, "clacking weapons."

 

“Poland has gone so far as to announce its plans to place about two million anti-tank mines along the border with Belarus and the Kaliningrad region, and would very much like – hopes, hopes – to receive nuclear weapons from the Americans,” S. Naryshkin stated.

 

He also accused the West of provoking the crisis.

 

“This is, of course, sad. They cannot possibly understand that it was precisely the strengthening of military activity at the borders of Russia and Belarus that became one of the factors and reasons that caused the current major, acute and very dangerous crisis on the European continent,” he said.

 

In conclusion, S. Naryshkin mentioned the possibility of striking the territories of the Baltic states and Poland in the event of a military conflict.

 

“They should realize (although they do not yet realize) that in the event of aggression by the North Atlantic Alliance against an allied state, damage will be done, of course, to the entire NATO bloc, but the spreaders of such ideas among the political circles of Poland and the Baltic states will suffer first,” he said.”

Svarbiausia Lietuvos diplomatijos klaida – nėra jokios Lietuvos diplomatijos. Liliputinės valstybėlės žvanginimas ginklais niekada nėra ir nebus diplomatija

 

"Rusijos Užsienio žvalgybos tarnybos direktorius Sergejus Naryškinas, viešėdamas Baltarusijoje ir po susitikimo su Baltarusijos lyderiu Aliaksandru Lukašenka atsakinėdamas į žurnalistų klausimus, priekaištavo Lenkijai, Baltijos šalims ir visai NATO.

S. Naryškinas buvo paklaustas, kaip vertina padėtį aplink sąjunginę valstybę Vakarų kaimynių agresyvios retorikos ir militarizacijos fone, praneša Baltarusijos valstybinė naujienų agentūra BELTA.

Jo teigimu, Lenkija ir Baltijos šalys demonstruoja ypatingą agresyvumą, ypač savo retorikoje, ir, kaip sakė S. Naryškinas, „žvangina ginklais“.

„Lenkija nuėjo iki to, jog skelbia apie savo planus palei sieną su Baltarusija ir Kaliningrado sritimi padėti apie du milijonus prieštankinių minų, ir labai norėtų – tikisi, viliasi –iš amerikiečių gauti branduolinių ginklų“, – pareiškė S. Naryškinas.

Jis taip pat apkaltino Vakarus išprovokavus krizę.

„Tai, žinoma, liūdna. Jie niekaip negali suprasti, kad būtent karinio aktyvumo stiprinimas prie Rusijos ir Baltarusijos sienų tapo vienu iš veiksnių ir priežasčių, sukėlusių Europos žemyne dabartinę didelę, aštrią ir labai pavojingą krizę“, – sakė jis.

Baigdamas S. Naryškinas užsiminė apie galimybę karinio konflikto atveju suduoti smūgį Baltijos šalių ir Lenkijos teritorijoms.

„Jie turėtų suvokti (nors dar nesuvokia), kad Šiaurės Atlanto aljanso agresijos prieš sąjunginę valstybę atveju žala bus padaryta, aišku, visam NATO blokui, tačiau pirmiausia nukentės tokių idėjų skleidėjai, esantys tarp Lenkijos ir Baltijos šalių politinių sluoksnių“, – teigė jis.”