{"id":9573,"date":"2026-10-29T05:23:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T05:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=9573"},"modified":"2026-10-29T05:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T05:23:31","slug":"ice-cbp-data-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=9573","title":{"rendered":"A hacker stole more than 40,000 DHS employee records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">A hacker stole a trove of personal information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The breach exposes the names, job titles, phone numbers, email addresses, and office locations of more than 41,000 employees, including those in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/10\/28\/hacker-stole-personnel-data-about-thousands-of-homeland-security-employees-including-cbp-and-ice-agents\/\"><em>TechCrunch<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/massive-leak-exposes-41000-homeland-security-workers-including-undercover-ice-agents\/\"><em>Wired<\/em><\/a>. The data also linked the agencies to specific surveillance tools.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">As reported by <em>TechCrunch<\/em>, a hacker known as \u201cDepartment of Peace\u201d gained access to the data through Okta, an identity and access management service used by the DHS. Around 21,000 records pertain to CBP employees, and nearly 7,000 belong to staff at ICE. The data also includes records from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The leaked DHS information was reportedly given to cybersecurity researcher maia arson crimew, who shared it with Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets), a nonprofit organization that\u2019s now hosting the leaked \u201cIcepick\u201d dataset. The leak also reportedly includes information about DHS groups that have access to tools that can be used for surveillance, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/ice-is-using-a-new-facial-recognition-app-to-identify-people-leaked-emails-show\/\">facial recognition app Mobile Fortify<\/a> and PenLink, which can collect and analyze data from phones and online services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The DHS didn\u2019t immediately respond to <em>The Verge<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1021528\/ice-cbp-data-leak\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hacker stole a trove of personal information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The breach exposes the names, job titles, phone numbers, email addresses, and office locations of more than 41,000 employees, including those in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to TechCrunch and Wired. 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