siliconANGLE – While DHS warns banks and businesses to tighten their security, its own security clearance info has been exposed for four years. The issue centers on a recently discovered vulnerability that put the personal information of thousands and thousands of employees exposed since it was first implemented in 2009.
The software was in use by a contracted vendor of the DHS in between July 2009 and May 2013 and was used to clear candidates in background checks, a common process that is required to get a security clearance. [Read More]
