The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is probing a cyber breach in an unclassified legacy information-sharing system used for the exchange of sensitive data with law enforcement partners.
The breach includes the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN), which oversees the sharing of sensitive but unclassified information with foreign law enforcement, local authorities, and other organizations.
DHS confirmed Thursday it was investigating a “recent cyber incident” involving an “unclassified legacy information sharing environment.”
The Department did not immediately return a request for comment from The Epoch Times.
The agency provided no additional details on the scope of the compromise, when it occurred, or who might be responsible….