US Statistics Agency Says ‘No Evidence’ of Hack on CPI Report

December 16, 2022, 6:03 PM UTC

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday that it found no evidence its systems were compromised or that there was any suspicious activity around the release of the US consumer price index earlier this week.

A rally in Treasuries futures seconds before the better-than-expected inflation data hit the Labor Department agency’s website on Tuesday had led to concerns about a potential leak or hack of the closely watched data.

“There is no evidence that our IT systems were in any way compromised,” said Karen Ransom, division chief of the division of publishing services at BLS. “And we do continuously monitor ...

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