Hackers expose identities of more than 40,000 DHS employees
Original title: Hackers expose the identities of more than 40k DHS employees
DHS called it a potential breach; the set covers about a fifth of a workforce a little over 220,000.
NPR reports that the hacktivist group Department of Peace exposed names, phone numbers, and addresses of more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security employees, including people tied to undercover work. The group says it subverted DHS's single sign-on system and gave the material to Distributed Denial of Secrets, which posted a database called Icepick. A journalist and a hacker also built a searchable copy. DHS said it is aware of a potential breach and is working to address it.
Unconfirmed: DHS has described only a potential breach and has not confirmed how the data was taken.
- More than 21,000 records identify Customs and Border Protection employees.
- About 10,000 records relate to ICE employees and Homeland Security Investigations.
- The published set represents about one fifth of DHS's workforce.
- DDoSecrets posted the material as Icepick, and a separate searchable database was built.
- DHS said it is taking steps so people are properly protected.
Impact: Names, phone numbers, and addresses of DHS personnel
- Threat actors
- Department of Peace
- Organizations
- Distributed Denial of Secrets
- Countries
- United States
From the original article
2 min read at text.npr.orgA hacking group cracked the U. S. Department of Homeland Security's personnel files, exposing the names, phone numbers and addresses of more than 40,000 DHS agents, operatives, and associates, on Wednesday, including those involved in undercover operations.
By firefax · text.npr.org
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