https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkae7g/nobody-is-safe-in-wild-hacking-spree-hackers-accessed-federal-law-enforcement-database > Two men, one of whom previously presented themselves as an independent security researcher to Motherboard, allegedly went on a wide spanning hacking spree that included breaking into a federal U.S. law enforcement database; using a compromised Bangladeshi police officer’s email to fraudulently requesting user data from a social media company; and even trying to buy services from a facial recognition company which doesn’t sell products to the wider public. > The news highlights hackers' continued interest in accessing novel sources of personal information, and the extreme risk in what can happen when hackers compromise those databases or accounts.