My Geek Score: The FBI has released research after lots of fake e-mail messages had been despatched from one in every one of its servers caution of a probable cyber-attack. The government agency said that Saturday morning, the incident was part of an "ongoing situation" but did not provide any further details. The news allegedly came from the US Department of Homeland Security. They claimed to be a warning of an alleged threat and were titled "Urgent: Threat Actor In Systems Attack" by an extortion group called Dark Overlord, according to the non-profit anti-spam watchdog Spamhaus. "They cause a lot of disruption because The headlines are real, and really come from the FBI infrastructure, "Spamhaus tweeted. They did not contain the sender's name or contact details. According to US media reports, more than 100,000 e-mails were sent. In a statement on Saturday, the FBI said it be "aware of the incident". tomorrow with fake emails from an email account @ ic.fbi.gov. "The agency said the affected hardware was quickly disconnected after the problem was discovered and warned the public to "be careful of unknown senders" and to report suspicious activity to the government.
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