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Late in the evening on Nov. 12 ET, tens of thousands of emails began flooding out from the FBI address [email protected] , warning about fake cyberattacks. Around that time, KrebsOnSecurity received a message from the same email address.
“Hi its pompompurin ,” read the missive. “Check headers of this email it’s actually coming from FBI server. I am contacting you today because we located a botnet being hosted on your forehead, please take immediate action thanks.”
A review of the email’s message headers indicated it had indeed been sent by the FBI, and from the agency’s own Internet address. The domain in the “from:” portion of the email I received — [email protected] — corresponds to the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services division (CJIS).