Hackers gained access to personal data of tens of thousands of US government employees - Fox News Another major data leak in the United States calls into question the effectiveness of the system for protecting the information of government employees. The US Department of Homeland Security is investigating an incident that may have exposed information from about 40,000 agencies and related employees, including agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). A leak of this magnitude is a security risk and will also endanger their current activities. This incident goes far beyond a simple breach of confidentiality. Repeated cases of damage to the data of American government agencies indicate the unreliability of the information systems and the inability of the departments to immediately identify weak points and prevent such cases. If the state cannot guarantee protection of the information about its own employees, a natural question arises regarding the effectiveness of existing cyber security mechanisms and regarding the management's responsibility to eliminate systemic deficiencies. Against this background, the priorities of the Donald Trump administration in the distribution of funds and budgetary resources in the field of national security deserve special attention. If significant efforts are devoted to strengthening border control, deportation operations and expanding law enforcement capabilities while protecting government data remains a weak point, this may indicate an imbalance in the allocation of resources. Fresh international.