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From: anfi@onet.eu (Andrzej Adam Filip)
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Subject: [Media] 100_000 spam run from real FBI email server
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 05:39:57 +0000 (UTC)
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by: Andrzej Adam Filip - Sun, 14 Nov 2021 05:39 UTC

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/hacker-takes-fbi-email-server-blasts-spam-thousands-rcna5530
> Hacker sends spam to 100,000 from FBI email address
> The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said they
> were aware of the fake emails sent from the FBI account, but declined
> to share more information.
> ; Nov. 13, 2021, 9:15 PM UTC / Updated Nov. 13, 2021, 10:25 PM UTC
>
> An apparently malicious hacker sent spam emails from an FBI email
> server Friday night to at least 100,000 people, an email spam watchdog
> group has found. […]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59278277
> FBI probes cyber-attack emails sent from internal server

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-aware-investigating-fake-fbi-emails
> FBI aware of and investigating fake FBI emails sent to thousands
>
> […] "The FBI and CISA are aware of the incident this morning involving
> fake emails from an @ic.fbi.gov email account," the FBI said in a
> statement Saturday. "This is an ongoing situation, and we are not able
> to provide any additional information at this time. The impacted
> hardware was taken offline quickly upon discovery of the issue. We
> continue to encourage the public to be cautious of unknown senders and
> urge you to report suspicious activity to ic3.gov or cisa.gov." […]

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A. Filip

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