Thursday, April 19, 2007

"State Department Got Mail _ and Hackers"

The AP article, "State Department Got Mail _ and Hackers," discusses a recent intrusion at the State Department's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs that started with an email attachment.

"The State Department detected its first break-in immediately, Reid said, and worked to block suspected communications with the hackers. But during its investigation, it discovered new break-ins at its Washington headquarters and other offices in eastern Asia"