Warning about possible "research" ruse

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

> From the 20 August 2002 AFIO e-Bulletin Board notices

WARNING ABOUT POSSIBLE <> "RESEARCH" RUSE:  "The Defense Security
Service has reported an apparent e-mail intelligence collection scheme
that has been traced to e-mail addresses in foreign countries.

Cleared industrial facilities have been requested to report any
attempts as described below. In the recent past several employees of
cleared defense contractors have received e-mails from persons
purporting to be students, who asked for help with alleged educational
projects they were working on.

The employees contacted did not know the "students." The "students"
somehow knew who had some degree of expertise pertaining to the focus
of their educational project. In some instances, the employees
contacted were working on classified projects.

It appears classified information may have been requested. Should you
receive an e-mail from someone you do not know requesting information
for a Masters Thesis, or any other educational research paper, from
someone claiming to be a student at an institute of higher learning,
do not respond.

Keep the e-mail and contact the NCI Facility Security Officer
responsible for your location. He/she will contact a Defense Security
Service Industrial Security Representative for guidance.

REMEMBER!!! You do not have to hold a security clearance or work with
classified information to be a target of foreign intelligence
collection efforts!"

[Monty Westmeyer, VP, NCI Information Systems, Inc. at www.nciinc.com
<http://www.nciinc.com/> ].

 

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