DATA OF SSS AGENTS LEAKED ON THE INTERNET.

THERE are indications that the safety of agents of the State Security Service has been compromised with personnel records of current and former operatives leaked on the internet, Associated Press reports.

The leak, sources said, was already creating panic among SSS operatives and other employees of the agency.

About 60 agents, including the Director-General of the SSS, Ekpeyong Ita, and other serving and former employees, reportedly had their names, mobile phone numbers, contact and bank account information listed on the internet.

Many of the ‘exposed’ agents, according to the AP reports on Thursday, expressed worries and embarrassment at the leakage of their private details.

The SSS deputy Director of Media and Public Relations, Marilyn Ogar, said the AP was false because the AP reporter that filed the story failed to give him the link to the website that allegedly published the personal data of their personnel.