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2017 — Department of Homeland Security: A data breach at the Department of Homeland…

2017 246.2K records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

A data breach at the Department of Homeland Security has exposed the personal information of more than 240,000 current and former DHS employees, such as their social security numbers, dates of birth, positions, grades, and duty stations, the agency said. On January 3, 2018, select DHS employees received notification letters that they may have been impacted by a privacy incident related to the DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) Case Management System.  The privacy incident did not stem from a

Root cause

Hacking

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