>>> THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE
WAS HIT WITH A MAJOR SECURITY BREACH AND
>>> THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE
WAS HIT WITH A MAJOR SECURITY
BRIEF AND SENSITIVE INFORMATION
WAS COMP OR MICE.
JUSTICE AND INTELLIGENCE
CORRESPONDENCE JOINS US NOW.
WHAT INFORMATION WAS AT RISK?
>> ANY TIME A MAJOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IS HIT WITH
RANSOMWARE, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT
MATTER.
MARSHALS ARE SAYING THIS
STANDALONE COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS
AFFECTED AND THEY WERE ABLE TO
SEGREGATE IT AND CONTINUE DOING
THEIR JOB.
THEY TOLD ME THAT SOME OF THE
INFORMATION THAT WAS TAKEN
INVOLVED INFORMATION ABOUT
FUGITIVES, THAT IS THEIR MAIN
JOB IS PURSUING WANTED
FUGITIVES.
THEY SAY THERE IS NOT A
SIGNIFICANT RICK -- RISK OF
DAMAGE BUT THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING.
THE MARSHALS HAVEN’T ANSWERED
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IT
HAPPENED, WHETHER ANY OTHER
SYSTEMS ARE AT RISK.OES THIS
>> DOES THIS IMPACT PEOPLE WHO
ARE PART OF THE WITNESS
PROTECTION PROGRAM?
>> WE ARE TOLD BY AN OFFICIAL
CLOSE TO THE SITUATION THAT
THAT IS A SEPARATE COMPUTER
SYSTEMS AND WAS NOT IMPACTED BY
THIS BREACH.
NOR WERE THE OPERATIONS
PROTECTING FEDERAL JUDGES.
THE MARSHALL SERVICE NOTIFIED CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT ABOUT
IT STATEMENT