News Media Claims of Law Enforcement Agencies Purchasing Breach Data

In the past week a number of major media outlets have been running stories of law enforcement agencies purchasing illicit breach data, presumably for use in investigations. These stories track back to a report in Vice’s Motherboard magazine that names a firm called SpyCloud, which openly advertises collected breach data to these agencies.

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Media Claims of Law Enforcement Agencies Purchasing Breach Data