A security breach has unveiled a collection of sensitive files from over 200 police departments across the United States.
According to Business Insider, hackers breached the security of a Houston-based web-service called Netsential, which works with state law-enforcement agencies.
The breach has reportedly led to the release of hundreds of gigabytes of sensitive files and data including information such as officers’ badge numbers.
The files also contained emails and internal memos revealing how police departments and the FBI have monitored protests in the past.
From Breitbart:
The data dump, being referred to as BlueLeaks, was published by a collective known as DDoSecrets and many are comparing it to WikiLeaks in terms of its scope and nature. DDoSecrets has stated that it plans to act as a publisher of leaked information while maintaining the anonymity of the hackers involved and alleges that it was not involved in the actual data exfiltration.