Conflict & Security
Leak exposes data of 40,000 homeland security workers
October 28, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Coverage
3 reports · over 2 hours
TGThe Guardian
Non-profit group leaks data of more than 40,000 homeland security workers
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BNBBC News
Details of thousands of US immigration agents leaked in major hack
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TETechCrunch
Hacker stole personnel data about thousands of Homeland Security employees, including CBP and ICE agents
(opens the publisher’s site)The transparency group Distributed Denial of Secrets has published personnel data of more than 40,000 US homeland security employees, including immigration agents.
- DDoSecrets on Wednesday released names, emails, phone numbers and job titles of more than 40,000 employees across DHS agencies, including ICE, CBP and CISA.
- The hacker "Department of Peace" claimed it harvested the data from DHS's Okta single sign-on system; Okta said it has no evidence its systems were compromised.
- DDoSecrets co-founder Emma Best said the tool would "replace anonymity with accountability" for journalists, congressional inquiries and FOIA requests.
- The leak is the third government data breach in recent weeks, following the FBI data theft claimed by ShinyHunters and a class-action lawsuit over a Pentagon breach.