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DHS cites 'doxxing' threat to more than 40,000 people in effort to get leaked personnel data taken offline
DHS says the leak exposed names tied to undercover work and sensitive investigations, putting more than 40,000 personnel at risk, according to its takedown request.
- On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security requested that an Icelandic hosting company remove a searchable database, citing that the content places more than 40,000 identifiable individuals at risk of harassment, stalking, and physical harm.
- Straight Arrow reported Wednesday that a hacking group calling itself the Department of Peace released information on more than 41,000 DHS employees, including those carrying out President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement campaign.
- The dataset contains email addresses, telephone numbers, and identities of agents in undercover operations. Former ICE official John Sandweg called the leak a 'nightmare scenario' that could 'endanger agents and jeopardize investigations.'
- DHS issued a bulletin to officers on Wednesday alerting them of the breach, while the agency is actively investigating what it describes as a 'potential' data breach affecting federal immigration agents.
- This incident follows an earlier breach of FBI systems by the group ShinyHunters; FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau has arrested at least three people in the Netherlands, Jordan, and the United States in connection with that case.
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US Homeland Security cites risk to over 40,000 personnel in effort to take leaked data offline
The US Department of Homeland Security asked an Icelandic hosting company on Thursday to take down or limit access to data related to thousands of agency personnel, saying the content put them at risk, according to the request posted online by hosting company FlokiNET.
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