State Dept.’s E-Mail Infected
From Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
WASHINGTON -- The State Department’s e-mail identity was forged by a computer virus that sent itself to law enforcement and media outlets across the country, a department official said Tuesday.
Variants of the virus, called Klez, have been spreading since the late 1990s and are transmitted through e-mails and attachments.
The virus sent e-mails to hundreds of computer users Saturday with the return address of the State Department’s public affairs office.
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