[pchelpers] News:State Department Got Mail -- and Hackers

April 19, 2007

by The Associated Press 

A break-in targeting State Department computers worldwide last summer
occurred after a department employee in Asia opened a mysterious e-mail
that quietly allowed hackers inside the U.S. government's network. 

In the first public account revealing details about the intrusion and
the government's hurried behind-the-scenes response, a senior State
Department official described an elaborate ploy by sophisticated
international hackers. They used a secret break-in technique that
exploited a design flaw in Microsoft software.

More here:
http://rcpmag.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=8459
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