US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Data Breach (1971)
US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
lowVERIS
Disclosed
March 8, 1971
20108 days ago
Records
1.0K
Confirmed
Root Cause
Physical Breach
Industry
Government
Description
a group of anonymous activists broke into the small, two-man office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Media, Pa., and stole more than 1,000 FBI documents that revealed years of systematic wiretapping, infiltration and media manipulation designed to suppress dissent.