DHS data breach and ICE agent exposure 2026
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Non-profit group leaks data of more than 40,000 homeland security workers
Best's statement said Department of Peace harvested the data from the Okta sign-on service used by DHS.
Data identifying more than 41,000 employees and contractors for the US Department of Homeland Security was released on Wednesday.
More than 21,000 of the agents in the leak work for CBP.
Data breach exposes thousands of US immigration and Homeland Security officials' details
DHS completed 980,000 deportations in the first 18 months of Trump's term, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
The leak includes names, work addresses and phone numbers of DHS staff, including agents working with ICE and CBP.
The Department of Peace said the hack was carried out in response to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin saying on July 17 that ICE will be turning up the heat.
DHS data breach exposes 40,000 employee names including undercover ICE agents
Anti-fascist activists opposed to the Trump administration say they have hacked the Department of Homeland Security.
Activists say they created a searchable database of names and contact information for over 40,000 DHS employees.
The Department of Homeland Security directly employs more than 260,000 people.