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. The leaked documents also reveal that the watch list includes 611,000 men and 39,000 women across the u.s., from cities like. It seems someone working at the fbi screwed up and posted a terrorist watchlist database online without any authentication required to view it
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Volodymyr bob diachenko, head of security research.
A researcher discovered that a secret fbi’s terrorist watchlist was exposed online for three weeks between july 19 and august 9, 2021.
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
