DHS Data Breach Exposes Information on More Than 40,000 Employees, Including ICE and Border Patrol Agents - The SOFX Report
A hacker group called the Department of Peace has leaked information on more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security employees, including ICE agents and Border Patrol personnel.
The information was published Wednesday on Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets), a nonprofit organization that hosts leaked datasets. The exposed records reportedly include employees' names, job titles, phone numbers, email addresses, office locations and internal system access details.
More than 21,000 records belong to U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees. Another 10,000 relate to ICE and its Homeland Security Investigations unit, while nearly 1,000 involve personnel from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
Some records reportedly identify undercover ICE agents. Beyond contact information, the leaked database provides details about internal user groups and technologies available to DHS personnel.
Group's Claim
The Department of Peace included a note with the data stating: "They have our information, so it's only fair that we have theirs." The group obtained the data from DHS's Okta login system according to DDoSecrets.
DHS is aware of a potential breach and is actively working to address the situation swiftly and effectively.
Company Response
Okta told TechCrunch it had no evidence its systems were compromised. "Okta is secure, and we have no evidence our data or systems were compromised," a company spokesperson said.
The DHS incident follows two other major breaches involving U.S. government personnel information this year, including one affecting FBI employees and another involving Pentagon human resources systems.
In March, the Department of Peace claimed responsibility for stealing thousands of contracts between DHS and private-sector companies. DHS will update the public when more information becomes available.
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