
Fake FBI emails about a sophisticated attack are part of 'ongoing situation,' agency says
CNN
The FBI on Saturday said it was aware of reports that unauthorized emails were coming from a legitimate FBI email address to thousands of organizations about a purported cyber threat.
The emails -- which according to the agency are part of an "ongoing situation" -- started coming from an FBI address early Saturday and have hit at least 100,000 inboxes, according to the Spamhaus Project, a Europe-based nonprofit that tracks digital threats.
One of the fake emails sent from the FBI address, which CNN reviewed, claimed to be a warning from the Department of Homeland Security that the recipient was the target of a "sophisticated" attack. But the actual DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) made no such warning.

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