1.9 million records from the fbi's terrorist watchlist leaked online a copy of the fbi's terrorist watchlist was exposed online for three weeks between july 19 and august 9, 2021, a security researcher revealed today According to classified documents leaked to the intercept, a national security news site founded by journalist glenn greenwald, 40 percent of the terrorist suspects in the federal government's terrorist screening database have no connection with any terrorist group Known as the fbi terrorist screening center (tsc), the database was created in 2003 as a response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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A researcher discovered a data cache from the fbi’s terrorist screening center left online without a password or authentication requirement.
The watchlist, which included 1.9 million records, was left exposed online for three weeks, according to the researcher who found it.
The list was left accessible on an elasticsearch cluster that had no password on it. Fbi terrorist watchlist containing 1.9m records posted online the list contains the personal details of people suspected of terrorism.
