The hackers hacked into the email of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), sending out tens of thousands of letters from it, allegedly on behalf of the US Department of Homeland Security. It is reported by Bloomberg…
The Spamhaus Project, a spam and related cyberthreat tracking company, posted in Twitter the image of the letter. As you can see in the photo, in the messages hackers warn of a possible cyberattack.
“Urgent: an intruder 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 specified that no malicious software was attached to the letters.
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letters sent by attackers
The 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.
Austin Berglas, head of professional services at cybersecurity company BlueVoyant, explained to the agency that the FBI has several systems for exchanging emails. He expressed the opinion that the hacked network was used not for the transmission of classified information, but for public relations and the exchange of unclassified data.
At The Spamhaus Project suggestedthat the purpose of the hacker attack was to undermine Troy’s reputation and bombard the FBI with calls. Experts also did not rule out that cybercriminals were trying to get people to rush to make changes to the systems.
In 2015, The New York Post published an interview with a hacker who said that he had managed to hack into the AOL account belonging to the head of the CIA, John Brennan, and gain access to the documents stored in it. Later, WikiLeaks published some of the materials received. An internet hacker who identified himself as Cracka, who introduced himself as group leader Crackas With Attitude, claimed responsibility for the hack. In 2016, hackers hacked into the personal online accounts of US National Intelligence Director James Clapper.
In December 2020, Reuters, citing sources familiar with the situation, reported that a group of hackers supported by a foreign government had hacked into the system of the US Treasury and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and managed to steal their data. The scale of the hacking was so serious that on Saturday, December 12, a meeting of the US National Security Council was held at the White House. Later, Russian hackers were accused of hacking.
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