epa09532592 The FBI raids the home of Russian oligarch and Putin ally Oleg Deripaska in the Embassy Row neighborhood of Washington, DC, USA, 19 October 2021. The FBI did not specify the reason of the court-authorized raid. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO
The agency said it has fixed the software vulnerability that allowed the attack.
The fake emails originated from an FBI-operated server, which was dedicated to pushing notifications to the Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal (LEEP), which the FBI uses to communicate with state and local agencies. The compromised server was not part of the FBI’s corporate email service, the FBI added https://bit.ly/3ncj67Z.
The fake emails warned of a cyberattack and appeared to come from a legitimate FBI email address ending in @ic.fbi.gov, the FBI said.
(Reporting by Aakriti Bhalla in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)