State Department Releases Details Of Computer System Attacks

Iria · Jul 14, 2006, 04:51 AM

Source: InternetWeek
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The State Department confirmed that attacks last month on some of its computer systems originated in the East Asia-Pacific region, targeting U.S. embassies there, and worked their way toward State's headquarters in Washington. The department hasn't indicated whether it has a specific suspect (or suspects) in mind, but State says it's working with Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Emergency Response Team and the FBI on an investigation.

The systems affected by the hack were unclassified computer systems, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said during a press briefing Wednesday. "There is an ongoing forensic investigation to examine exactly what happened and to try to learn from that, but the initial findings of the investigation are that there was no compromise of sensitive U.S. government information."

Jul 14, 2006, 04:51 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	State Department Releases Details Of Computer System Attacks Source: InternetWeek _________ The State Department confirmed that attacks last month on some of its computer systems originated in the East Asia-Pacific region, targeting U.S. embassies there, and worked their way toward State's headquarters in Washington. The department hasn't indicated whether it has a specific suspect (or suspects) in mind, but State says it's working with Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Emergency Response Team and the FBI on an investigation. The systems affected by the hack were unclassified computer systems, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said during a press briefing Wednesday. "There is an ongoing forensic investigation to examine exactly what happened and to try to learn from that, but the initial findings of the investigation are that there was no compromise of sensitive U.S. government information."