The German newspaper "Spiegel" reported that U.S. and German intelligence agencies experienced a data leak of employee information due to the use of an online antivirus program (VirusTotal). The report indicated that there is a list of 5,600 names, including employees from the U.S. National Security Agency and German intelligence agencies. All of them were registered on the cybersecurity platform "VirusTotal," owned by Alphabet Corporation, which also owns the Google search engine, as mentioned by the newspaper "Emirates."
In addition to the National Security Agency, the U.S. Cyber Command, Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation also faced data leaks. From Germany's side, the Federal Criminal Police Office, Military Counterintelligence Service, and the secretive section of the Federal Intelligence Service were affected by the data leak. The leak also impacted data from employees of government bodies in the Netherlands, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.
