[BreachExchange] Data on Thousands of Law Enforcement Personnel Exposed in Breach

[Destry Winant]

https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/data-on-thousands-of-law-enforcement-personnel-exposed-in-breach/d/d-id/1334424

Unknown hackers broke into databases of nonprofit and have posted
online personal info on FBI, Secret Service, Capitol Police, US Park
Police, others.

A data breach of systems operated by chapters of an FBI-affiliated
nonprofit organization has exposed personal information of thousands
of law enforcement personnel and affiliated individuals.

According to the Associated Press, home addresses and phone numbers,
emails, and employers' names were published online on at least 1,400
employees of the FBI, Secret Service, Capitol Police, US Park Police,
and other federal agencies as well as police and sheriffs' deputies in
North Carolina and Florida. This was part of a data release exposing
information on more than 23,000 people overall.

The hacked databases were operated by three chapters of the FBI
National Academy Associates Inc, a 501(c)(3) organizations that,
according to its mission, is dedicated to, "Impacting communities by
providing and promoting law enforcement leadership through training
and networking." Association members are graduates of the FBI National
Academy Program.

Data indicates the hackers were able to capture significantly more
data than they posted online; the stolen information is believed to be
available for purchase by criminals.