> In any case, a DHS spokesperson said the agency is looking into the reports, though “there is no indication at this time that there is any breach of sensitive or personally identifiable information.”
Except, you know, names. Merely being identified as a person moves you from not existing in the criminal universe to target. From name and other information comes yet other information, comes economic damage, or in this case, possibly life threatening damage.
Names aren't secret or private information. The agents give you their names if you talk with them. A significant portion of them are on linked in. During criminal trials their names are public record. Only four FBI agents died at an "adversaries" hand in the past 20 years, one botched undercover drug bust, an agent who ran into the twin towers on 911 to help people, and two who died in raids.
These guys are cops and detectives, not secret agents and spies.
I called the police for something a couple years ago, and when I asked for a card after it was over she gave me a card where one of her names was pre-scratched out, I forget if it was her first or last.
From the article, "personally identifiable information." A name is personally identifiable information. For crimes that rely on such lists, not being on the list is your best defense.
Except, you know, names. Merely being identified as a person moves you from not existing in the criminal universe to target. From name and other information comes yet other information, comes economic damage, or in this case, possibly life threatening damage.