Drudge Report Virus: U.S. Attorney – Drudge Malicious Code Warning
By Maggie M. Thorton
The Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s office is warning of malicious code in a web ad found on the Drudge Report. The warning instructed government-issued computer users to avoid the Drudge Report due to ‘potential’ viruses. See photos and a video below.
Tracy Schmaler, a Department of Justice spokesperson said the warning is not directed at the Drudge Report out of partisan politics but because the website was “flagged by internet security officials,” who found a malicious code.
Please avoid the Drudgereport website from the [United States Attorney's Office] computers,…
Employees were told if a work-related need to log-on to Drudge occurred, the employee will be provided access to computers off the government network.
I’m in and out of the Drudge Report all day long. I have never had a problem or a virus alert of any kind. Homeland Security was hacked by a “government contractor,” a teenager hacked into military these sites Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The White House computers were hacked by China. Maybe Massachusetts is over-reacting, after all a Netflix popup can’t be all that bad.
I’m sure we will hear much more on the Drudge Report virus. Matt Drudge has not yet spoken out, but I’m betting that the Left will log a gazillion instances of malicious code affecting their computers.
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