The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., is declining to comment on claims from hackers that they stole and leaked a massive amount of agency data, including a gang database. The Babuk ransomware crew said it amounted to a huge 250GB trove of files, including a “gang database” and masses of personal data of police personnel. Babuk first started leaking data in April, just before the MPD confirmed it had suffered an attack. In its first batch of information was a small amount of internal data, which appeared to include information on criminal suspects and disciplinary files. Not long after, as negotiations over a ransom were not progressing, Babuk leaked the personal information of officers.

Source: Forbes May 13, 2021 14:26 UTC