The United States Department of State on Sunday announced its unclassified email system has been breached, making it the fourth U.S. government organization to have fallen prey to hackers in recent months. The State Department took down its website and unclassified email system and reportedly used Gmail for communications instead. None of its classified systems were compromised, the department claimed. The breach may have been part of the incident reported last month by the White House Executive Office of the President.
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Hackers Humiliate U.S. State Department
Posted by: Richard Adhikari November 17, 2014 03:32 PMThe United States Department of State on Sunday announced its unclassified email system has been breached, making it the fourth U.S. government organization to have fallen prey to hackers in recent months. The State Department took down its website and unclassified email system and reportedly used Gmail for communications instead. None of its classified systems were compromised, the department claimed. The breach may have been part of the incident reported last month by the White House Executive Office of the President.