FBI Agents' call and text logs may have been stolen in a data breach—could expose anonymous informants.
The FBI has raised alarm that hackers who breached AT&T’s system last year may have stolen months of agents’ call and text logs, which could potentially lead to the identities of anonymous informants connected to investigations, according to a document reviewed by
For instance, frequent calls between an agent and a particular number could point to an informant central to an investigation. Cross-referencing the stolen call logs with other publicly available data, such as social media or location records, could further expose informants’ identities and locations.
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