A 2014 security breach exposed personal information of more than 240,000 people who worked for the US Department of Homeland Security. Unauthorized copy of the database was found during a criminal investigation on the home server of a former employee. People affected will receive free identity protection services for 18 months. The leaked database contained no information about family members of those affected. The New York Times reported in November that three employees stole the computer system to alter the software used in investigations and then sell it to other offices in federal government.”]