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Personal info of Minn. law enforcement, critical infrastructure personnel published online in “BlueLeaks”

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Dissent

Tony Webster reports on how the “BlueLeaks” dump of a hack at Netsential, is impacting Minnesota law enforcement:

A trove of Minnesota law enforcement data was published online after hackers broke into the servers of a vendor of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office.

The sensitive information includes details about key Minnesota security and intelligence personnel at every level of government.

Also released were personally identifying contact information for security personnel for critical infrastructure sites in Minnesota like nuclear power plants, chemical processing facilities, rail networks, pipelines, hospitals and campuses of major employers and schools.

Read more on Fairbault Daily News.


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