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Fort Worth officials say leaked data came from Public Information Act request
By Jonathan Greig
Excerpt
Officials in the City of Fort Worth, Texas denied being hacked for a second time after the same cybercrime group posted another batch of information allegedly stolen from government networks.
On Saturday, the SiegedSec hacking group said its “final” attack involved 40GB of stolen data from Fort Worth’s Department of Transportation & Public Works. The group shared screenshots of what appeared to be a file transfer service used by the city, which has nearly 1 million residents.
The group leaked the data alongside information stolen from several companies. In its previous attack on the City of Fort Worth and other local governments…
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