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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."

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  1. confused by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    But wait. If this is the email system they use to communicate with people like us, then how did they send the email indicating the email server was shut down?!?!?

  2. 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?

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  3. 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.