Qilin breached a separate ATF system, but the bureau’s massive archive of lawful gun purchases remains a threat to gun-owner privacy. Congress should force a full accounting, end informal record collection, limit retention, and change the law that feeds the archive—before a future administrat...
The ATF has confirmed a major cybersecurity incident involving a legacy system. Texas Gun Rights now wants to know exactly what hackers got—and whether gun owners or FFLs were exposed. The post Texas Gun-Rights Group Calls For ATF Transparency Over Recent Data Breach appeared first on The Truth...
Qilin published approximately 6.3GB of files allegedly stolen from ATF’s legacy CALEA system, exposing investigative records while leaving eForms and other operational systems untouched.
ATF confirmed that hackers compromised a standalone computer system after the Qilin ransomware operation claimed the agency as a victim. Sources tell AmmoLand that gun-owner records were not exposed, but the bureau has not revealed whether other files were stolen.