FBI E-Mail Server Breached

voma writes "The FBI said Friday it has shut down an e-mail system that it uses to communicate with the public because of a possible security breach. The bureau is investigating whether someone hacked into the www.fbi.gov e-mail system, which is run by a private company, officials said. 'We use these accounts to communicate with you folks, view internet sites, and conduct other non-sensitive bureau business such as sending out press releases,' Special Agent Steve Lazarus, the FBI's media coordinator in Atlanta, said in an e-mail describing the problem."

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[I8TheWorm]

The key phrases are run by a private company and We use these accounts to communicate with you folks, view internet sites, and conduct other non-sensitive bureau business such as sending out press releases.

I'm sure, like the NSA, that the FBI has (at least) two networks. One that is internal only for confidential/sensitive communication/files, and one for outside communication such as this one. At the NSA, they are completely seperate, with no ability to copy/move files from one to the other.