Los Angeles police: personal data of thousands of officers stolen in breach
More than 17,000 applicants also affected in breach of city’s personnel department
The personal information of 2,500 Los Angeles police department officers and 17,500 people who had applied to join the force were stolen in a data breach, the department announced on Monday.
The department discovered the breach of records held by the city’s personnel department in recent days, and it notified affected officers over the weekend, it said in a statement. It didn’t say when the information had been stolen.