ATF responds to cybersecurity incident
WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is responding to a cybersecurity incident affecting a standalone system. The impacted system operates separately from the ATF enterprise network, and there is no indication that the incident has affected the ATF enterprise network, the ATF eForms system, or any other ATF system.
Upon discovery of the incident, ATF immediately terminated connections to the affected environment and initiated incident‑response and forensic activities. ATF is coordinating closely with the Department of Justice to investigate.
Senior Department officials have designated the event a “major incident” under applicable federal guidelines, and required notifications have been completed.
The incident has not impacted ATF’s ability to perform its missions.
ATF encourages anyone with information related to this incident to submit a tip through the ATF Tipline at 1-888-ATF-TIPS (1-888-283-8477).
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