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US state department confirms reports on Cyber attacks involving impersonation of employees

Washington, Nov 17 (Sputnik) The US State Department told Sputnik it was aware of the reported attempted cyber attacks, involving the impersonation of its employees, against US government agencies, think tanks and businesses.
"The Department is aware of the recent malicious cyber event involving the spoofing (impersonation) of a Department employee reported by U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye. No Department networks were compromised by this malicious cyber attempt," the State Department spokesperson said late on Friday.
The reports, citing cybersecurity companies CrowdStrike and FireEye Inc, about a cyberoperation against US government agencies emerged on Friday. They claimed that hackers sent emails purporting to come from a State Department employee, Susan Stevenson, urging the recipients to open a malicious file said to be from spokeswoman Heather Nauert. After the opening, the document would install software giving the hackers access to the systems of the US government agencies and companies.
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