Hackers Leak Personal Data of Over 40000 DHS Employees

Confidential personnel files for over 40,000 homeland security workers were leaked online.

A nonprofit transparency group published confidential records belonging to over 40,000 Department of Homeland Security staff members. The leaked files include details about individuals working within the intelligence sector. This incident marks the third significant government data breach within the past month.

• The sourceThe leak was published by the nonprofit transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets.
• The targetThe compromised records impact more than 40,000 personnel within the Department of Homeland Security.
• The backgroundThis breach follows two other major government data disclosures that occurred over the preceding month.

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