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DHS confirms hackers breached HSIN info-sharing platform

BleepingComputer · · International · Data Breaches

The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a cyberattack that compromised the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN), a sensitive information-sharing platform used by federal, state, local, and private-sector partners. [...]

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