The FBI might have suffered a cyberattack

Date:
Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:00:09 +0000

Description:
The FBI said it was investigating a data breach within its own system, but maintains that it's an "isolated incident".

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A cyberattacker seems to have breached the network belonging to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

According to CNN , citing two sources briefed on the matter. the as-yet unknown threat actor breached a New York Field Office computer system, used
by the FBI to investigate cases of child sexual exploitation.

The FBI is aware of the incident and is working to gain additional information, the US law enforcement agency said in a statement to the media. This is an isolated incident that has been contained. As this is an ongoing investigation the FBI does not have further comment to provide at this time. No details

This is not the first time the FBI has had to address a cyberattack in its
own network. In late 2021, a threat actor managed to compromise the agencys email inbox and send out spam messages.

At the time, BleepingComputer noted that tens of thousands of spam messages were sent, in waves, from eims@ic.fbi.gov , and that the messages reached at least 100,000 mailboxes. Read more

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However, it noted spam-tracking nonprofit SpamHaus's suggestion that these figures were rather conservative and that the reach was potentially much,
much larger.

Being a government agency, the FBI faces a constant barrage of cyberattacks. Government organizations are some of the most targeted firms in the world today, together with telecoms firms, healthcare organizations, and the education and learning industry.

Threat actors can attack these organizations with spam email messages
carrying malware in attachments or offering phishing links where victims give away their login credentials and other sensitive information that can be used in the second stage of the attack. Check out the best SMB servers around

Via: BleepingComputer



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