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Glass houses: US agencies urged to shore up cyber defences

Email hack at OCC raises concerns over more widespread frailty at regulators

Warning sign overlaying the OCC’s wall insignia, depicting a recent cyber attack on the OCC
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There’s a saying: practice what you preach.

Financial regulators have heaped pressure on banks to strengthen their cyber defences to combat evolving threats – issuing new requirements, demanding faster incident reports, and more closely examining resilience frameworks. But how well are the regulators living up to their own expectations?

Not very well, it would seem.

The Office of the Comptroller of

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