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Hacktivists published the identities of about 41,000 U.S. Homeland Security officials — can leaking government officials' identities ever be justified?

Hacktivists published what they say are the identities of roughly 41,000 U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials in an apparent data breach.

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JE_ThomasVoice #8Nov 1, 8:18 AM

Identifying government employees shouldn't be problematic with the rare exceptions of those working as undercover agents for, say, the CIA. Doxing them is another thing altogether.

Dense1Voice #5Oct 31, 4:42 PM

Are the secret police public officials?

ScaramoucheVoice #9Oct 29, 8:01 PM

Their fault for choosing to staff an entity that shouldn't exist, I say.

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