Bloomberg: Hackers hacked FBI email and sent 100,000 emails from it 
Hackers hacked FBI email sending out tens of thousands of letters from her, allegedly on behalf of the US Department of Homeland Security. Bloomberg reports.
Cyber attack warning
The Spamhaus Project, a spam and related cyber threat tracking company, posted an image of the letter on Twitter. As you can see in the photo, hackers warn of a possible cyberattack in messages.
“Urgent: an attacker in the system,” – said in the subject of the message. Recipients were advised to check all internal electronic systems, since they were allegedly infiltrated by an attacker – cyber expert Vinnie Troya, who is allegedly associated with a group of ransomware hackers TheDarkOverlord. At the same time, it is clarified that no malicious software was attached to the letters.
& gt; Attackers sent 100,000 lettersThe FBI confirmed that hackers had hacked his email. The bureau clarified that the incident occurred in the morning of November 13, and also added that the messages were sent from the @ ic.fbi.gov account. The FBI has urged users to be careful and report any suspicious activity. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency (CISA) of the United States is also aware of the incident.
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Austin Berglas, head of professional services at cybersecurity company BlueVoyant, told the agency that the FBI has several systems for exchanging emails. He expressed the opinion that the hacked network was used not for transmitting classified information, but for public relations and exchange of unclassified data.
The Spamhaus Project suggested that the purpose of the hacker attack was to undermine Troy's reputation and flood the FBI with calls … Experts also did not rule out that cybercriminals tried to force people to rush to make changes to systems.
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