A botnet-driven spam attack disguised as an electronic Christmas card from the White House netted data from numerous U.S. government agencies. The attack was apparently launched a day or two before Christmas. Interestingly, the botnet behind the attack was a variant of the Zeus botnet, known as Kneber. The malware searches for state secrets, as well as banking information and useful Web site credentials. Among agencies that fell victim to the attack were the National Science Foundation’s Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Massachusetts State Police.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/spam-attack-captures-government-data