Hacked FBI data reportedly exposes staff's confidential assignments

Sensitive information about employees' various intelligence and security activities has reportedly been found in US Federal Bureau of Investigation data allegedly seized by hackers.

Postxronika.az reports, citing Reuters, that the data reportedly includes details about the assignments of staff working on operations against Chinese spies, Russian intelligence, and drug cartels.

According to a Reuters investigation, a spreadsheet of some 5,000 rows reportedly contains the names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and emergency contact details of thousands of FBI employees. The document also reportedly includes the units employees work in and details about certain high-risk intelligence, security and counterintelligence activities.

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