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Article: Trojan claims PM email compromised.(Virus Notes)(SophosLabs)(Prime Minister)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Database and Network Journal
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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SophosLabs are warning computer users to be wary of an email message that claims that British Prime Minister Tony Blair's email account has been hacked. The email message was spammed out to British email addresses during the night of the UK elections.
Users who click on the link contained in the email may be infected by a series of Trojan horses that aim to steal confidential information from infected PCs.
The email arrives with the subject line: 'BBC: Tony Blair email account hacked!" and has the message body: BBC: Tony Blair email account hacked! Screenshot is here!'
Clicking on the link takes users to a website which ...