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DHS cites risk to more than 40,000 personnel in effort to take leaked data offline

DHS cites risk to more than 40,000 personnel in effort to take leaked data offline

Feed excerpt — reported by The Guardian

The Department of Homeland Security asked an Icelandic hosting company to take down data obtained through hackThe US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) asked ⁠an Icelandic hosting company on Thursday to take down or limit access to data related to thousands ⁠of agency personnel, saying ⁠the content ​put them at risk, according to the request posted online by hosting company FlokiNET.The database “places more than ⁠40,000 identifiable individuals at risk of harassment, stalking and physical harm”, the request said. Continue reading…

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