Hackers Breach U.S. Marshals System With Sensitive Personal Data

The U.S. Marshals Service suffered a major security breach this month when hackers broke into and stole data from a computer system that included a trove of personal information about investigative targets and agency employees

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/us/politics/us-marshals-ransomware-hack.html

#uSMarshals are a Federal Law Enforcement Agency that runs protection of judges,federal trial witnesses and carriage of prisioners
On Monday spokesperson told media that a collective of #hackers breached a computer system of this Agency
in a major incident under National Cyber Security Centre criteria
- system's security policy breach and unauthorised access to a system as refered in Computer Misuse Act(1990)-
A trove of personal info about investigative targets and Agency employees was stolen

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"Marshals' Lawlessness"

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/22/772452187/marshals-lawlessness

In a yearlong investigation with #MotherJones and #TypeInvestigations, Latino USA brings you a first-ever look into the sprawling detention system run by the #USMarshals.

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