FBI finds personal information of Capitol Hill lawmakers and staff being sold on dark web



A top House official says that the personal information of lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill has been exposed by hackers in a data breach. The FBI alerted they were able to purchase some of the hacked information on the dark web. NBC’s Ken Dilanian reports.

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27 comments

  1. Is that what was in done of those documents Trump kept? Obviously he saw opportunity for money and power to be able to sell top secret US intelligence and or use as leverage to mediate his crimes…

  2. FBI, hi, you lost 4 people. I wish you didn't put a cash prize.CIA doesn't work with rewards. Maybe that's why the CIA is more successful than you. You have to sit and cry for your loss. (I hope Burns has opened a private pension for me 😎) The other thing is, I'll find out what happened to the MH370 lost plane when I'm available. And you will take care of other things. Or explain the truth, I won't waste any energy. Machine

  3. That's wrong. Left right or center.. i dont care who these people are.. you leave their families out of their nonsense.. this is bs.. i hope you guys shut that down… no one has any business knowing the details on my officials left right or center..

  4. Everything has a price even a liberal will sell their country for a block of government cheese

  5. Why can't the dark web be shut down?

  6. And keep doing it

  7. Help inform FBI to investigate the violation of the privacy done by Assumption uni, a Catholic uni in Thailand. Not only installing voice recorder everywhere, AU stole and uploaded the teachers’ voice chat on social media for fun for years. Violation of the privacy led to deadly incidents. I was a victim of robber in front of my home. I had been followed and hunted.

  8. They should ban all selling of personal information. If I'm doing business with a bank or corporation. It should be between myself and that institution. Not sold so they can make more money off me.

  9. I'll buy that for a $. Termenator.

  10. I mean y’all already leak all our information doesn’t feel good when it’s done on y’all huh

  11. Now who in the Moron FAR=RT could have done such a thing?? Hmmmmn.. Maybe the list was accidently slipped in with all those tapes Traitor McCarthy sent Fox? Murdoc and that Wanker MARS? Trailer Greene machine? Blather Worthy Boblurt?? Matt GRATEZ in a trench coat? …
    My my however did this happen.

  12. Breach my azz, this is what Trump stole all those docs for and now he's selling them around the world. Believe it.

  13. How do you think Paul Pelosi's address was put into the hands of his assailant.?
    So it's Democratic party leaders.?

  14. Can't mess up credit that's already messed up 🤷‍♂️😂😭

  15. A bet some maga law maker

  16. WHERE can I find this "Data"? I have a few self improvement deals I'd like to make > Rubs hands <

  17. For anyone who thinks this is funny or that they deserve it or even that this info should be public think of the national security implications. Financial and personal data is what spy agencies use to put people with security clearances into compromised positions. Also, if you think it’s just congress then think about the dependents, the staffers and regular govt employees. This is bad for the country. However, it may just get them off their butts to try to take this problem seriously for the rest of us. 🤷‍♂️

  18. Congress is too old I'm sorry. Smh

  19. Hope they were all Republicans.

  20. Girl please trust me we can't get rid of the dark web it's impossible and risky and that's like saying getting rid of the cartel and the same reasons it's risky and impossible

  21. What’s a “Capitol hill law maker”. You mean Senators and Congressmen??? Because if anyone else is “law-making” that would be a story to report

  22. Who cares our information is literally owned by corporations

  23. Santos and his cronies

  24. oh no! they should pass a law that makes it illegal for people to make medical decisions without the input of the state. F- em

  25. They just gave slithering Barbie MTG a new talking point for the month. Congratulations