The information of more than 45,000 people was leaked because of a cyberattack late last month at a federally run nuclear research lab.
The prominent U.S. Department of Energy nuclear research lab, based near Idaho Falls, is known for groundbreaking research into nuclear reactors, and currently has more than 5,700 employees.
In statements to Recorded Future News at the time, INL confirmed that a hacktivist group infiltrated the organization's systems and shared screenshots proving its access.
The group, known as SiegedSec, claimed to have leaked some of the information that was taken, including employee names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers and more.
Recorded Future News checked the screenshots of the data and confirmed that the people listed work for the laboratory.
SiegedSec has made several hacking claims over the last year, some of which were confirmed and others which were proven false.
The group, which purports to launch its attacks for a variety of politically-motivated reasons, attacked unclassified websites run by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in October.
SiegedSec also attacked several state-run websites this summer, targeting platforms in Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
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Jonathan has worked across the globe as a journalist since 2014.
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This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:15:16 +0000