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The personal information of more than 40,000 U.S.
Summary
Department of Homeland Security employees has been leaked online by a hacker, exposing sensitive details like names, emails, and phone numbers. The data is said to have been stolen from an Okta single sign-on system in August and covers staff from multiple DHS agencies, including Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
This is a brief wire summary, the full story (linked below) has the complete details.
KazaSec's take
Incidents like this rarely start with the headline event itself, they usually trace back to an exposed remote-access endpoint, an unpatched perimeter system, or a credential phished weeks earlier. The organizations that recover fastest are the ones that tested their defenses and their incident response plan before they needed them.
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