http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&ncid=528&e=3&u=/ap/20050204/ap_on_hi_te/fbi_computers
FBI Shuts Down Unclassified E-Mail System
Fri Feb 4, 5:17 PM ET
WASHINGTON - The FBI (news - web sites) said Friday it has shut down
an e-mail system that it uses to communicate with the public because
of a possible security breach.
The bureau is investigating whether someone hacked into the
www.fbi.gov e-mail system, which is run by a private company,
officials said.
"We use these accounts to communicate with you folks, view internet
sites, and conduct other non-sensitive bureau business such as sending
out press releases," Special Agent Steve Lazarus, the FBI's media
coordinator in Atlanta, said in an e-mail describing the problem.
The FBI computer system that is used for case files, classified and
sensitive information, and internal communications is unaffected,
Lazarus said.
The bureau is in the process of switching its e-mail accounts,
officials said.
Lawmakers and the Justice Department (news - web sites)'s inspector
general have criticized the FBI for taking too much time and spending
too much money to upgrade its computer systems. A $170 million
project, Virtual Case File, may have to be scrapped because it is
outdated and inadequate, FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged
Thursday in testimony on Capitol Hill.
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