Breach of E-mail Account at the Office of The President Following is a press release issued by the Office of The President: An email account belonging to a high-level member of staff in the Office of The President was recently hacked resulting in emails being sent to a number of persons, including State officials, on that staff member’s contact list. The sent emails bore the following message: “I sent you an email earlier but I notice the failure delivery, so I sent it using a secured line, view here to read the message.” Persons who may have received this message are strongly advised not to access the hyperlink to avoid the possible spread of the email and the subsequent compromising of their own email accounts. Anyone who may have inadvertently accessed the hyperlink is advised to immediately change the passwords for their email accounts, preferably on a computer system on which the suspect email was not accessed and to have their respective Information Technology Personnel advise whether any further action may be warranted. The Office of The President views the matter with great concern and considers it to be an insidious attempt to compromise the integrity and confidentiality of communications both within and outside of the Office of The President. The matter is being pursued assiduously with the assistance of the relevant specialist agencies and authorities to establish the source of the email and to determine if there was any breach of the laws of Trinidad and Tobago and, if such a breach did occur, whether or not those responsible fall within the prosecutorial remit of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 22:43:10 +0000
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