Hackers access FBI email system, spam 100,000 accounts

[mystery-ak]

Hackers access FBI email system, spam 100,000 accounts
By Lexi Lonas - 11/13/21 05:50 PM EST

Hackers accessed the FBI’s email system and sent spam to 100,000 accounts on Saturday, according to the Spamhaus Project, an email spam watchdog group.

The organization posted an example on Twitter of one of the emails that were sent to thousands of accounts.

The email bears the subject “Urgent: Threat actor in systems" and purports to come from a cybersecurity division of the Department of Homeland Security.


The email purports to warn recipients of a potential "exfiltration" — meaning a withdrawal of data — from their systems by cybersecurity expert Vinny Troia and cybercriminal group The Dark Overlord.

https://twitter.com/spamhaus/status/1459451401269043201

more
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/fbi/581438-hackers-access-fbi-email-system-spam-100000-people

[mountaineer]

Couldn't happen to a greater bunch of guys.

Spamhaus
@spamhaus
Looking forward to the FBI providing some transparency on this incident so others can learn from it, and better educate their users and protect their networks in the future.
6:04 PM · Nov 13, 2021·

Don't hold your breath. It's the FBI.

[EdinVA]

  Maybe the FBI should create a cyber crimes division or something to take a look at this type of crime instead of spying on school board meetings.

[GtHawk]

Instead of spamming FBI email accounts, still a good chuckle, I would prefer the hackers found and released all those emails the FBI says don't exist or they can't find proving the FBI knew (and likely assisted) and ignored Democrat crimes