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A Massive Cache of Law Enforcement Personnel Data Has Leaked (zdnet.com)
Zack Whittaker, reporting for ZDNet: A data breach at a federally funded active shooter training center has exposed the personal data of thousands of US law enforcement officials, ZDNet has learned. The cache of data contained identifiable information on local and state police officers, and federal agents, who sought out or underwent active shooter response training in the past few years. The backend database powers the website of Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training -- known as ALERRT -- at Texas State University. The database dates back to April 2017 and was uploaded a year later to a web server, believed to be owned by the organization, with no password protection. ZDNet obtained a copy of the database, which was first found by a New Zealand-based data breach hunter, who goes by the pseudonym Flash Gordon.
...uploaded a year later to a web server, believed to be owned by the organization, with no password protection....
Whoever put into place this stunningly amazing illustration of absolute ignorance about security should never be allowed near a keyboard again.
That happened under Obama so the media basically swept it under the rug.
It was reported on every major news outlet when it happened. So that's a strange notion of "sweeping under the rug" you've got there.