An anonymous hacker has apparently leaked data from more than 20,000 FBI employees and 9,000 Department of Homeland Security staff.
The details were published on a Twitter account with the message: "Long Live Palestine. Long Live Gaza. #FreePalestine".
It happened during the Super Bowl on Sunday evening, and the account has since been tweeting messages such as: "Be sure to tweet #FreePalestine to bring awareness to all the kids dying by Israeli bombs that the US government funds!"
Another read: "FBI and DHS info is dropped and that's all we came to do, so now its time to go, bye folks! #FreePalestine."
It has not been confirmed whether the information leaked is legitimate.
The Department of Justice played down the breach, with a spokesman saying: "This unauthorised access is still under investigation; however, there is no indication at this time that there is any breach of sensitive personally identifiable information."
The hacker told the Motherboard website that they gained access to sensitive information via a "compromised" Department of Justice email last week.
They used the credentials to log into the DOJ intranet, where staff details are located.
It is the latest apparently pro-Palestine attack on US government systems.
In October pro-Palestinian hackers broke into the email account of CIA director John Brennan.
And last month calls made by the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, were forwarded to the Free Palestine Movement in a hacker prank.
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