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Hackers `spoof' the email address of US Department of State
AP, WASHINGTON
Thursday, May 23, 2002, Page 21
The US State Department's e-mail identity was forged by a computer virus that sent itself to law enforcement and media outlets across the country.
Variants of the virus, called Klez, have been spreading since the late 1990s and are transmitted through e-mails and attachments. Klez does not destroy computer files but can clog up mail systems and corporate networks.
On Saturday, the virus sent hundreds of e-mails with the return address of the State Department's public affairs office, said a State Department official on Tuesday, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
A computer is infected with Klez the moment a computer user opens an e-mail attachment containing the virus. Once loose, the virus seeks out and copies e-mail identities stored in the computer user's programs.
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