Tag: ATF
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has confirmed that attackers breached a standalone system. The confirmation came hours after the Qilin ransomware group listed the agency on its leak site. The ATF system breach involved a system that held information connected to ATF investigative targets. Agency officials said the system operated separately from…
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The US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has abandoned a commercial phone tracking platform after lawmakers challenged whether the technology allowed investigators to access sensitive location data without a warrant. The agency confirmed it canceled a pilot program involving Webloc, a surveillance platform that collects location information from the online advertising ecosystem.…