Posted on 11/14/21
| News Source: i24
Both the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are aware of the incident
Hackers compromised a Federal Bureau of Investigation email system on Saturday and sent tens of thousands of messages warning of a possible cyberattack, according to the agency and security specialists.
Fake emails appeared to come from a legitimate FBI email address ending in @ic.fbi.gov, the FBI said in a statement.
Although the hardware impacted by the incident "was taken offline quickly upon discovery of the issue," the FBI said, "This is an ongoing situation."
The FBI did not respond to an emailed request for more information from The Washington Post.
The hackers sent tens of thousands of emails warning of a possible cyberattack, threat-tracking organization Spamhaus Project said on its Twitter account.
The email message was an incoherent warning that made reference to cybersecurity writer Vinny Toria as well as a cybercriminal group called "The Dark Overlord," according to NBC News.
The email didn't include any malicious attachments, meaning hackers possibly stumbled across a vulnerability in the portal without plans to exploit it, according to cybersecurity experts, via The Washington Post.