Hackers get access to the FBI's email system and transmit hundreds of emails

ByShehryar Makhdoom | Published date:
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FBI and security experts said that hackers breached the agency's email system on Saturday and sent hundreds of emails alerting them of a prospective cyberattack. The FBI claimed in a statement that the fake emails seemed to be sent from a valid FBI email address with the domain name @ic.fbi.gov.

An ongoing investigation is underway, the FBI added, despite all affected devices being taken offline as soon as they were discovered.

According to Spamhaus Project, emails warning of a possible cyberattack were sent out by the hackers, a threat-tracking outfit, on its Twitter feed.

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