Planned Parenthood announced Monday that anti-abortion hackers are attempting to breach the organization to access and potentially expose sensitive data on its employees, The Hill reports. Planned Parenthood Executive Vice President Dawn Laguens said the attempts are a “gross invasion of privacy” that could put its staffers at risk. “Planned Parenthood has notified the Department of Justice and separately the FBI that extremists who oppose Planned Parenthood’s mission and services have launched an attack on our information systems,” she said. An adversary called “E” has taken some credit for the attack. Hackers have also threatened to release more information, including internal emails, though it hasn’t been confirmed if such data has been accessed.
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