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05/05/2010 10:57:39
The US Treasury department has shut down the website for its Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) after a cyber attack. A BEP spokeswoman said the Bureau's home page and three associated internet domains have been suspended until further notice. She explained: "The hosting company used by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing had an intrusion and as a result of that intrusion, numerous websites (BEP and non-BEP) were affected." The internet addresses taken offline are - bep.gov, bep.treas.gov, Moneyfactory.gov and Moneyfactory.com. A researcher for security vendor AVG first discovered that hackers had installed malicious software targeting visitors to the website. The attack code was traced to a site in Ukraine. The Treasury Government Security Operations Center was notified about the breach on Monday. Copyright © Press Association 2010
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