The FBI has launched an investigation into an interesting recent cyberattack. This time, the subject of the investigation of the bureau, which has been suffering from cybercrime, a new crime area brought by modern life, was fake e-mail messages sent to thousands of people on its behalf.
The e-mails, which appeared to have come from the FBI on behalf of the US Department of Homeland Security, caused confusion in the citizens who received the message. Making a statement yesterday about the messages that fell on the internet in a short time, the FBI reported that it started working to find the source of the problem.
Anyone with access to FBI servers could have done it too.
The FBI has launched an investigation into what appeared to be a cyberattack last Saturday. Email messages sent from the FBI to US citizens on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security warned recipients of chain attacks by a group called the “Dark Overlord”, or “Dark Overlord,” to extort money, and said they were potential targets. According to the US media, the message was sent to more than 100 thousand people.
Making a statement right after the event, the FBI said, ‘@ic. FBI. He stated that he was aware of the messages sent from the ‘gov’ address. Expressing that they pulled out of the network the situations that may be related to the incident, the FBI started an investigation to find the source of the problem. Because it is not certain that this was done by a hacker or hacker group. A name who already has access to FBI servers may also be responsible for the messages.