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http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/pentagon-hit-by-fake-e-mails-on-north-korean-missile/19387718

“Pentagon Hit by Fake E-mails on ‘North Korean Missile’”
Updated: 14 hours 51 minutes ago

SNIPPET: “(March 8) — The Pentagon warned its employees over the weekend of a new threat to its cyber security: e-mails that look like they were sent by the U.S. government but weren’t.

Calling it an attempt at “cyber exploitation,” officials urged Defense Department employees against clicking on links in e-mails from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence with the subject line “DPRK has carried out nuclear missile attack on Japan.” Employees who had been duped by the message were told to cease using their computers and contact the help desk.”


6 posted on 03/09/2010 1:34:41 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Gack. The mailers for reading secure and external emails shouldn’t even be on the same computer.


8 posted on 03/09/2010 1:37:18 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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