Trump nominates Palantir CIO Michael LoSapio to lead CISA
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HSI estimates 185,000 administrative subpoenas since Trump took office
The figure, from an EFF FOIA case, exceeds about 170,000 customs summonses ICE sent from 2016 to mid-2022.
Allies seek to keep Nick Andersen as acting CISA director
His 210-day acting clock is running out, and no Senate nominee has appeared since Sean Plankey withdrew.
Hackers publish work details on more than 41,000 DHS employees
The Icepick dump lists ICE, CBP and CISA contacts and internal groups; DHS calls it a potential breach.
Hacker leaks work contacts for more than 40,000 DHS employees
Records cover CBP, ICE, and CISA staff; the leaker claims an Okta SSO source, which Okta says it has no evidence was compromised.
DHS employee archive Icepick returns after registrar takedown
A search tool for records on more than 41,000 employees went dark, then reappeared Thursday under a new registrar.
Published records identify more than 41,000 DHS personnel
The set includes phones, emails, job titles and some surveillance, forensics and undercover roles.
Bluesky blocks links to leaked DHS employee data amid takedowns
A hacker obtained more than 40,000 Homeland Security login records with work phones and emails; DHS calls it a potential breach.
Leak exposes records on more than 41,000 DHS workers
The archive includes emails, phones, office addresses, and groups tied to undercover and surveillance programs.
Hackers expose identities of more than 40,000 DHS employees
DHS called it a potential breach; the set covers about a fifth of a workforce a little over 220,000.
Hacktivists publish records of more than 41,000 DHS employees
The Icepick dataset, published October 28, covers ICE and CBP staff and groups tied to undercover work; Okta denies a breach.
Leak exposes personal details of over 41,000 DHS employees
Distributed Denial of Secrets published records it attributes to “Department of Peace”; Reuters matched some entries but not the collection method.
Bluesky blocks links to a leak of 41,000 DHS employee records
The Icepick archive lists names, contacts, and internal groups, including some tied to surveillance work.
DDoSecrets publishes records of 41,000 DHS personnel, including undercover links
The Icepick archive, last updated August 19, lists emails, phones, supervisors, and more than 55,000 permission groups across seven DHS components.
Leak site publishes data on more than 41,000 DHS employees
Hacktivists calling themselves Department of Peace say they took an Okta SSO database; Okta denies any compromise.
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Hacker publishes work data on more than 40,000 Homeland Security employees
The dataset covers CBP, ICE, and CISA contacts plus application-access groups; Okta denies its systems were breached.
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Court filings describe ICE surveillance of Minnesota activists
Defense lawyers say HSI used undercovers, drones, and intercepted Signal chats in the Minnesota 15 case.
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Boston Dynamics staff petition to halt Spot robot sale to ICE
DHS awarded Radeco $1.3 million on September 25 for four modified Spot robots branded Cerberus; executives kept the deal.
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DHS orders DeepSeek removed from federal civilian systems
The July 24 order, published October 20, also covers third-party tools and services built with DeepSeek implementations.
DHS orders civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek and halt new buys
The July 24 order, published October 20, covers Hangzhou DeepSeek and affiliates but not the public.
US orders federal civilian agencies to purge DeepSeek within 60 days
The ban covers Hangzhou DeepSeek technology and third-party tools built on it, with written CISA exemptions possible.
China and DHS move on open models as DeepSeek ships V4.1 Flash
The commerce proposal is not law, and DeepSeek also published DeepInfer, the inference stack it uses to serve tokens.
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Records: CBP cited child abuse; alert said terrorism probe
Samuel Tunick faces up to five years for allegedly wiping a GrapheneOS phone during a January 2025 Atlanta inspection.
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DOJ charges 28 in California voter-registration raids
Officials tie the cases to a 20,000-name subset of a DHS list of more than 190,000 alleged potential noncitizen registrants.
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