Security News > 2020 > July > BlueLeaks Server Seized By German Police: Report

German authorities have reportedly seized a server hosting the massive BlueLeaks data dump, which was released earlier in June and exposed thousands of sensitive police department and law enforcement files.

"We have received official confirmation that #DDoSecrets' primary public download server was seized by German authorities," said Emma Best, founder of DDoSecrets, in a Tuesday Twitter post.

The almost 270 gigabytes of data was reportedly collected from 200 police departments, law enforcement training and support resources and fusion centers, which are state-owned entities that gather public safety data.

Best said, the server was only used to distribute data to the public: "It had no contact with sources and was involved in nothing more than enlightening the public through journalistic publishing," Best said on Twitter.

The "BlueLeaks" data shed light on police departments, particularly as protests continue to spread across the globe in the wake of George Floyd's death.

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