BoE admits errors over audio leak

BoE dismissed warning over leak of audio and should have identified breach sooner, report says

Bank of England and Stock Exchange
Rachael King

The Bank of England has admitted to a number of failures that allowed for the leak of a backup audio feed of its press conferences in 2019.  

The BoE failed to investigate a warning from a third party in 2018 about the firm it was using to live-stream its press conferences. Officials incorrectly believed it was impossible for the firm to do what had been alleged, the BoE said in a report published on September 23.

The report found a number of problems with the BoE’s internal processes and set

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