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US Marshals Service suffers security breach

US Marshals Service suffers security breach

US Marshals Service

TheUSMarshalsService(USMS) suffered a ransomwaresecuritybreachthis month that compromised sensitive law enforcement information, a spokesman said on Monday.

TheMarshalsServicenotified theUSDepartment of Justice to thebreach, and agents there began a forensic investigation, Drew Wade, chief of theMarshalsServicepublic affairs office, told Reuters in an email.

"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," Wade said.

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The incident took place on Feb. 17, when theservice"discovered a ransomware and data exfiltration event affecting a stand-alone USMS system", after which the system was disconnected from the network, Wade said.

The USMS is a federal law enforcement agency within the Department of Justice.

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