Feds probe apparent breach of FBI, DHS worker data
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Federal officials are investigating an apparent breach of FBI and Department of Homeland Security employee information off a U.S. government system.
The hack – reportedly involving names, job titles and contact information for over 20,000 apparent FBI employees and over 9,000 apparent DHS employees – was first reported by Vice’s Motherboard. The report said the hacker plans to release the information.
A law enforcement source confirmed to Fox News that federal authorities are now looking into the matter – but it may only involve open-source material. The source described the stolen information as data that could be obtained by filing a Freedom of Information Act request.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“We take these reports very seriously, however there is no indication at this time that there is any breach of sensitive or personally identifiable information,” DHS said in a statement.
A Justice Department spokesman also said in a statement that this “unauthorized access” is under investigation but “there is no indication at this time that there is any breach of sensitive personally identifiable information.”
The incident comes after a hacking group said last week that it had accessed a trove of NASA data. But in that case as well, NASA said it had no evidence to indicate the information was anything other than already publicly available data.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Fox News’ Matthew Dean contributed to this report.