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Hack of 251 law enforcement websites exposes personal data of 700,000 officers

from The Intercept

Hack of 251 law enforcement websites exposes personal data of 700,000 officers The Intercept After failing to prevent the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. government realized it had an information sharing problem. Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies had their own separate surveillance databases that possibly could have prevented the attacks, but they didn’t communicate any of this information with each other. So Congress directed the newly formed Department of Homeland Security to form "fusion centers" across the country, collaborations between federal agencies like DHS and the FBI with state and local police departments, to share intelligence and prevent future terrorist attacks. READ MORE

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