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- More than 40,000 US Homeland Security employees’ details leaked
- North Korea fires about 10 ballistic missiles into the sea
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- NPRHackers expose the identities of more than 40,000 DHS employees
- RechercheDHS said it was aware of a potential breach, was working to address it and to ensure employees were properly protected, and would update the public when more information was available.
- RechercheThe disclosure is the third major government data leak to make headlines in the past month; the article cites a September claimed theft of FBI data and a military-personnel breach followed by a class-action lawsuit the prior week.
- RechercheNorth Korea announced plans to resume propaganda broadcasts along the border and deploy new weapons systems there; South Korea proposed talks to clarify the border and prevent accidental military clashes, and Pyongyang had not responded at the time of the report.