The Department of Homeland Security confirmed a data breach involving the personally identifiable information of more than 240,000 current and former DHS employees. The files were discovered in the possession of a former DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) employee during an ongoing criminal investigation last May, the agency said. The agency disclosed few details about how the information was compromised, though it stressed that the data was not stolen in a cyberattack nor was exposed to malicious activity. The identity of the former employee was not disclosed, and the focus of the criminal investigation is unknown.”]
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