U.S. Marshals suffer 'major' hack that compromised sensitive materials

The United States Marshals Service on Monday announced that it had been hacked roughly one week ago and that the perpetrators had compromised sensitive information.

USMS personnel confirmed that the Feb. 17 hacking event accessed a stand-alone system, which was subsequently disconnected from the network following a "ransomware and data exfiltration event."

"The affected system contains law enforcement sensitive information, including returns from legal process, administrative information, and personally identifiable information pertaining to subjects of USMS investigations, third parties, and certain USMS employees," USMS spokesperson Drew Wade said, according to NBC News.

USMS has not yet identified a responsible party and an investigation remains ongoing.

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