National Journal Explains Hacking Incident

Last night we reported that National Journal President and Atlantic Media General Counsel Bruce Gottlieb had sent a company-wide internal memo Wednesday explaining to employees that NationalJournal.com had been invaded by “unauthorized” parties. NJ Publicist Ben Fishel responded to our burning questions on the matter.

FBDC: What could happen if someone downloads malware from the site?

BF: We are not able to determine what malware could have been uploaded to someone’s computer as a result of this – so we are encouraging everyone to use standard anti-virus software to remove any existing malware and to protect themselves from future malware.