Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

FBI E-Mail Server Breached

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the breaking-and-reading dept.

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."

2 of 223 comments (clear)

  1. are you sure? by museumpeace · · Score: 0, Redundant

    the post says 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. .... Special Agent Steve Lazarus, the FBI's media coordinator in Atlanta, said in an e-mail describing the problem."
    I mean WHICH FBI email server was he using to send the message? How do we know its really Agent Steve and not somebody named 133thaxxor?

    --
    SLASHDOT: news for people who can't concentrate on work or have no life at all and got tired of yelling back at the TV.
  2. Re:Look at this spam I just got today by dhakbar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This wasn't a troll... this was a quite funny and entertaining parody of a spam message many of us have received.