A critical U.S. Marshals Service computer system that has been offline since February after suffering a ransomware attack and data breach will soon be operational again. The system in question was operated by the Marshals’ Technical Operations Group, a division that uses sophisticated, secretive technical methods to track suspected criminals through mobile phones, emails and the internet. The stan… Mored-alone system in question has been disconnected since Feb. 17, when the Marshals Service discovered a “ransomware and data exfiltration event” affecting the system, which contained LE sensitive info and data pertaining to subjects of USMS investigations, third parties and certain USMS employees. The Marshals Service was previously hacked in 2019 in an incident that exposed personal data of nearly 400,000 prisoners. That hack impacted the DSNet system, which houses and transports prisoners within the agency, federal courts and Bureau of Prisons. w2l0Less