Published records identify more than 41,000 DHS personnel
Original title: DHS personnel leak exposes contact details and sensitive job information
The set includes phones, emails, job titles and some surveillance, forensics and undercover roles.
Searchable records identifying more than 41,000 current and former Department of Homeland Security employees and contractors were published Wednesday, according to the organizations behind the release. Distributed Denial of Secrets said it received the data from a hacktivist group calling itself the Department of Peace, which claimed access through an identity service used by DHS. Records cover ICE, CBP, CISA and other DHS parts. Nextgov/FCW corroborated portions, including one work phone and some job titles.
Unconfirmed: The Department of Peace’s claim that it used a DHS identity service is unverified.
- DDoSecrets said the source was a group calling itself the Department of Peace.
- Data includes names, phone numbers, emails, titles and internal group memberships.
- Some entries describe surveillance, computer forensics and undercover roles.
- Nextgov/FCW matched one official’s work phone and several LinkedIn job titles.
- Listed numbers checked were associated with AT&T, a DHS communications provider.
Impact: Contact details and sensitive job and assignment information exposed
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3 min read at databreaches.netDavid DiMolfetta reports: Searchable records identifying more than 41,000 current and former Department of Homeland Security employees and contractors were published Wednesday, exposing contact information and details about sensitive assignments across the department, according to the organizations behind the release. The transparency nonprofit Distributed Denial of Secrets — known as DDoSecrets — said it received...
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