State Department Temporarily Halting Parts Of Email System

The Department of State has temporarily shut down part of its email system in order to purge the system of malware introduced by Russian hackers.

"As a part of the Department of State's ongoing effort to ensure the integrity of our unclassified networks against cyber attacks, the Department is implementing improvements to the security of its main unclassified network during a short, planned outage of some internet-linked systems," the statement read.

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