Special agents' blood and urine test results stolen in FBI hack
Experts say the hack could leave agents vulnerable to scams, blackmail and targeted attacks.
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"The list maps thousands of agents against their medical and fitness records."
— Etay Maor , Executive
"As serious as it gets when it comes to data breaches."
— Ciaran Martin , Academic
"Such data could be used for highly convincing phishing, impersonation, identity fraud, blackmail or even operations targeting law-enforcement personnel, making the potential implications particularly serious."
— Jamie Akhtar , Executive
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Experts say the hack could leave agents vulnerable to scams, blackmail and targeted attacks.
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