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DOJ firearms agency says hackers breached system containing investigation targets

The Record · · International · Data Breaches

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed it experienced a cyberattack on a system containing investigation information, as a prolific ransomware gang claimed to have carried out the breach.

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