<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/28/sensitive-personal-information-246-000-dhs-employees-found-home-computer/901654001/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/28/sensitive-personal-information-246-000-dhs-employees-found-home-computer/901654001/</a><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">H/T to <a href="http://infowarrior.org">infowarrior.org</a> for this post.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div>The sensitive personal information of 246,000 Department of Homeland Security employees was found on the home computer server of a DHS employee in May, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY.<br><br>Also discovered on the server was a copy of 159,000 case files from the inspector general's investigative case management system, which suspects in an ongoing criminal investigation intended to market and sell, according to a report sent by DHS Inspector General John Roth on Nov. 24 to key members of Congress.<br><br>The information included names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth, the report said.<br><br>The inspector general's acting chief information security officer reported the breach to DHS officials on May 11, while IG agents reviewed the details.<br><br>.Acting DHS Secretary Elaine Duke decided on Aug. 21 to notify affected employees who were employed at the department through the end of 2014 about the breach.<br><br>The department's office of privacy is completing the details of the notices to those affected.<br><br>"All potentially affected individuals will be offered an 18-month subscription to credit monitoring services," the report says.<br><br>Officials at Office of Inspector General, which acts as an internal watchdog at DHS, said in a statement provided to USA TODAY that "DHS is coordinating notice to the affected individuals and we are working closely with DHS to accomplish this."<br><br>"The responsible individuals are no longer on the OIG payroll," the statement said.<br><br>Other agencies have suffered serious data breaches in recent years. In June 2015, the personal information of about 21.5 million people was leaked in a breach at the Office of Personnel Management.<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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