FBI trying to scrub hacked employee data from Internet

Published February 12, 2016 2:02pm ET



The Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to scrub information about its employees off the Internet after it was stolen by a hacker and distributed this week.

The effort was made public by the San Francisco-based website “Indybay,” where the information was posted Feb. 8. The site subsequently received an email from FBI Special Agent Ricky Alwine. “We will follow up with any legal process you require,” Alwine wrote.

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