FBI issues Private Industry Notification on emergency data requests Hackers are using stolen .gov email addresses to pose as authorities Mitigations recommended by the FBI should be put in place Cybercriminals are using stolen government email addresses to submit fraudulent emergency data requests to US companies to steal personally identifying information (PII) of customers,

The FBI has warned that hackers have come up with a brand new way to steal data. They are now hacking into official email addresses of government agencies and the police department and then using them to submit “emergency” data requests. The ...

The FBI has issued a warning about a new hacking technique where criminals are impersonating law enforcement officials to steal sensitive data from US companies. By using fraudulent "emergency data requests" (EDRs),

An alert from the FBI warns that hackers are posing as law enforcement officials to quickly gain access to sensitive data from companies.

Just because it's .gov doesn't mean that email is trustworthy Cybercrooks abusing emergency data requests in the US isn't new, but the FBI says it's becoming a more pronounced issue as the year draws to a close.