Security News > 2023 > February > Intruder alert: FBI tackles 'isolated' IT security breach

The FBI claims it has dealt with a cybersecurity "Incident" that reportedly involved computer systems being used to investigate child sexual exploitation.

"The FBI is aware of the incident and is working to gain additional information," a spokesperson said in a statement to The Register.

Austin Berglas, a former FBI agent in the Crimes Against Children unit in New York, told The Register the infected or infiltrated devices are likely contained to a forensic analysis network.

After the FBI seizes suspects' devices, they are scanned for malware or other malicious files prior to processing data with specialized forensic software which is used to extract information hidden on the devices, Berglas explained.

"Most likely, an infected device was seized/collected and then infected the FBI forensic computer after evading malware scans," Berglas, who is now at security shop BlueVoyant, told The Register.

The emails, sent from legit FBI servers, warned recipients that they were victims of a "Sophisticated chain attack" in which crooks had stolen "Several of your virtualized clusters." .

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