Today's evidence pointing to anthrax cross-contamination through the mail is not the first; two other cases of cutaneous, non-lethal anthrax from tainted mail were discovered in New Jersey in recent weeks.
Mr Levenson's offending e-mail was discovered by a local law firm that was hired to investigate following complaints that Danny Ferry, the Hawks' general manager, had read out loud in a meeting a report on a player born in what is now South Sudan calling him "not perfect.
General Allen's appointment had been on hold since the e-mails were discovered during the investigation that led to the resignation of David H. Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency who was having an extramarital affair.
Terhune successfully infiltrated the hangar, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, and made it on board the airship through the mail hatch; he was discovered sitting on a mailbag while the blimp was floating over the Atlantic Ocean.
The scanning program was implemented by Yahoo's mail team and was discovered by members of the company's security team shortly thereafter, a source confirmed to TechCrunch.
He said four were found by mail carriers and one was discovered by a resident.
Alan Adler, a G.M. spokesman, wrote in an e-mail that the problem was discovered at the assembly plant and that the automaker did not know of any "complaints, crashes or injuries" related to the problem.
The problem was discovered on mail trucks in Finland and has not caused any accidents.
The intrusion into Google – which compromised some of its most sensitive systems, and almost gave the hackers oversight of its Google Mail system before the attack was discovered – is believed to have come via malware targeted at users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 browser running on Windows in its China offices last year.
Another suspicious package resembling the spate of mail bombs sent out last week was discovered en route to CNN's Georgia headquarters, prompting an evacuation of a downtown post office in Atlanta.
On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said he had asked the Senate to postpone a confirmation hearing for General Allen's next assignment while the department's inspector general reviewed his e-mail correspondence with Ms. Kelley, which was discovered by F.B.I. agents investigating her initial complaint.
