The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus reacted to the leak of data from law enforcement officers to the Internet….. The data of more than a thousand law enforcement officers were made public on September 19. In particular, the surnames, first names, patronymics, dates of birth, city of residence, rank and position of employees, as well as the divisions where they serve, were declassified.
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The data were leaked on a Russian-language forum earlier today. DataBreaches.net has seen the data but is not reproducing any of it here.
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