article_snippet: The U.S. State Department, already beset with allegations that The U.S. State Department hasn't kept a tight enough leash on The U.S. State Department officials' email accounts, shut down some of The U.S. State Department unclassified email servers on Friday in order to clear out what sources say was a rash of malware inserted by foreign hackers.
article_snippet: The U.S. State Department did The U.S. State Department best to handle the problem quietly, making no announcement during the regular daily reporters' briefing on Friday and issuing a subdued statement 21 minutes before the end of the work day.
article_snippet: As a part of The U.S. State Department ongoing effort to ensure the integrity of our unclassified networks against cyber attacks,' spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement, 'The U.S. State Department is implementing improvements to the security of The U.S. State Department main unclassified network during a short, planned outage of some internet-linked systems.' '
article_snippet: The U.S. State Department continues to closely monitor and respond to activity of concern on our unclassified network.
article_snippet: Hackers inserted malicious code into nonclassified computers at The U.S. State Department, leaving tech experts no choice but to shut everything down and clean it up . '
article_snippet: There has been no compromise of any of The U.S. State Department's classified systems, nor of our core financial, consular, and human resource systems,' spokeswoman Jen Psaki claimed. '
article_snippet: The recent increase in news reports regarding cyber incidents reflects that The U.S. State Department The U.S. State Department is among a growing list of public institutions and private industries facing an increasing number of sophisticated cyber threats.'
article_snippet: Two The U.S. State Department employees told Daily Mail Online that Two State Department employees couldn't reach websites from Two State Department employees office computers during the dinner hour on Friday, and confirmed that no emails were going in or out other than interdepartmental messages.