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Forensic Investigation of State Department Computer Breaches Ongoing

AP: “Computer break-ins at the State Department that caused broad disruptions in recent weeks apparently originated in the East Asia-Pacific region, a department spokesman said Wednesday.”

  • Daily Press Briefing, Sean McCormack, State Department Spokesman
    Washington, DC, July 12, 2006
    : “First of all, the systems affected were unclassified computer systems…Our folks monitored this attempt and took immediate steps to prevent any loss of sensitive U.S. Government information. There is an ongoing forensic investigation to examine exactly what happened and to try to learn from that, but the initial findings of the investigation are that there was no compromise of sensitive U.S. Government information.”
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