A group calling itself the Department of Peace says it used a compromised Okta SSO account to pull records on more than 41,000 DHS employees across ICE, CBP, CISA and other agencies: names, work emails, cell numbers, job assignments, facility locations and internal access groups (undercover operations, wiretap programs, Palantir, Cellebrite). Journalists who reviewed it found undercover ICE personnel; the data is public with a search interface.
What to do: Oct 31: Now confirmed by SecurityWeek: over 41,000 DHS employee records leaked online. Fox reports DHS calls it "catastrophic" but cites 20,000+ employees; keep 41,000 per SecurityWeek and note the gap. Can lift conf to confirmed.
🚨🇺🇸 Massive leak reportedly exposes more than 41,000 U.S. Homeland Security employees A group calling itself the Department of Peace claims it compromised a Department of Homeland Security system and obtained records belonging to employees across ICE, CBP, CI
Over 41,000 DHS Employee Records Leaked Online
🚨MASSIVE DATA BREACH: DHS is now investigating what it's calling a 'catastrophic' hack, which breached the personal data of over 20,000 employees.
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