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Warning of a possible cyber-attack, thousands of fake email messages were sent from one of the servers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The agency has launched probe in the matter. &nbsp;

The incident on Saturday morning was a part of an "ongoing situation", the government agency said. It provided no further details. &nbsp;

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The messages were purported to be from the Department of Homeland Security of US. It claimed to be a warning about a supposed threat. The mail was titled, "Urgent: Threat actor in systems." &nbsp;

According to the non-profit anti-spam watchdog ‘Spamhaus’, recipients of the email were told that they were the target of a "sophisticated chain attack" from an extortion group, which was known as the Dark Overlord. &nbsp;

In a tweet, Spamhaus said, "They are causing a lot of disruption because the headers are real, they really are coming from FBI infrastructure." It added that they did not include names or contact information of the sender. &nbsp;

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More than 100,000 emails were sent out as per US media reports. &nbsp;

In a statement, the FBI said on Saturday that it was "aware of the incident this morning involving fake emails from an @ic.fbi.gov email account". &nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

Warning of a possible cyber-attack, thousands of fake email messages were sent from one of the servers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The agency has launched probe in the matter.

Warning of a possible cyber-attack, thousands of fake email messages were sent from one of the servers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The agency has launched probe in the matter. The incident on Saturday morning was a part of an "ongoing situation", the government agency said. It provided no further details. Also Read: Star dolphin Winter, of 'Dolphin Tale' fame, died of twisted intestines, says aquarium The messages were purported to be from the Department of Homeland Security of US. It claimed to be a warning about a supposed threat. The mail was titled, "Urgent: Threat actor in systems." According to the non-profit anti-spam watchdog ‘Spamhaus’, recipients of the email were told that they were the target of a "sophisticated chain attack" from an extortion group, which was known as the Dark Overlord. In a tweet, Spamhaus said, "They are causing a lot of disruption because the headers are real, they really are coming from FBI infrastructure." It added that they did not include names or contact information of the sender. Also Read: How the US hid an airstrike that killed dozens of civilians in Syria More than 100,000 emails were sent out as per US media reports. In a statement, the FBI said on Saturday that it was "aware of the incident this morning involving fake emails from an @ic.fbi.gov email account". (With inputs from agencies)

FBI probes fake emails sent from internal server over possible cyber-attack

China's ride hailing giant Didi Global Inc stores all China user and roads data at servers in the country and it is 'absolutely not possible' that the company passed data to the United States, a senior company executive said on Saturday. 
 
Didi Vice President Li Min also said the company would sue any social media users, who said the company transferred data during its recent initial public offering (IPO) process after claims were made on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform. 
 
China's cyberspace agency announced on Friday it had launched an investigation into Didi to protect national security and the public interest, just two days after the company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. 
 
News of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) probe, and the agency's decision to block Didi from registering new users during its investigation, knocked 5% off Beijing-based Didi's shares on Friday. 
 
"Like many overseas-listed Chinese companies, Didi stores all domestic user data at servers in China, it is absolutely not possible to pass data to the United States," Li said in a post on Weibo. 
 
Didi, which offers services in China and more than 15 international markets, gathers vast amounts of real-time mobility data every day. It uses some of the data for autonomous driving technologies and traffic analysis. 
 
Founded by Will Cheng in 2012, the company has already faced regulatory probes in China over safety and its operations licence.

The cyberspace agency did not give any indication of how the long the investigation would last or provide any other details. 
 
Didi said on Friday, it planned to conduct a comprehensive examination of cybersecurity risks and would cooperate fully with the relevant government authority. It also said apart from the suspension of new user registrations in China, it was operating normally. 
 
(With inputs from agencies)

China's ride hailing giant Didi Global Inc stores all China user and roads data at servers in the country and it is 'absolutely not possible' that the company passed data to the United States, a senior company executive said on Saturday.

China's ride hailing giant Didi Global Inc stores all China user and roads data at servers in the country and it is 'absolutely not possible' that the company passed data to the United States, a senior company executive said on Saturday. Didi Vice President Li Min also said the company would sue any social media users, who said the company transferred data during its recent initial public offering (IPO) process after claims were made on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform. China's cyberspace agency announced on Friday it had launched an investigation into Didi to protect national security and the public interest, just two days after the company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. News of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) probe, and the agency's decision to block Didi from registering new users during its investigation, knocked 5% off Beijing-based Didi's shares on Friday. "Like many overseas-listed Chinese companies, Didi stores all domestic user data at servers in China, it is absolutely not possible to pass data to the United States," Li said in a post on Weibo. Didi, which offers services in China and more than 15 international markets, gathers vast amounts of real-time mobility data every day. It uses some of the data for autonomous driving technologies and traffic analysis. Founded by Will Cheng in 2012, the company has already faced regulatory probes in China over safety and its operations licence. The cyberspace agency did not give any indication of how the long the investigation would last or provide any other details. Didi said on Friday, it planned to conduct a comprehensive examination of cybersecurity risks and would cooperate fully with the relevant government authority. It also said apart from the suspension of new user registrations in China, it was operating normally. (With inputs from agencies)

Didi says stores all user and roads data at servers in China

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