'FBI in the & nbsp; course of a bug in & nbsp; software settings, which temporarily allowed the use of the law enforcement portal LEEP and fake emails ;, & nbsp; & mdash; reported in the & nbsp; official Twitter account of the department.
They explained that & nbsp; LEEP & nbsp; & mdash; it is the FBI IT infrastructure used to & nbsp; communicate with & nbsp; & nbsp; law enforcement partners at the & nbsp; state level and & nbsp; at & nbsp; local level. either data or personal data from & nbsp; FBI networks & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; was assured by the & nbsp; Bureau.
According to the FBI, the vulnerability in the system has already been eliminated.
As previously reported by Bloomberg, hackers hacked into the e-mail system of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and sent out “ tens of thousands '' from it. emails with a & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; cyber attack.
As Austin Berglas, head of professional services at BlueVoyant cybersecurity company, noted, the bureau has several email systems: the one that “ appears to have been hacked into & nbsp ; Saturday & raquo ;, used by employees of the department for & nbsp; communication with the & nbsp; public. According to & nbsp; it does not & nbsp; exchange secret information.