Details of more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel, including thousands involved in immigration enforcement, have been leaked online. The data, released by a group called the Department of Peace and cybersecurity researcher maia crimew, includes names, work addresses, phone numbers, and job descriptions of staff from agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection.
The leaked information was compiled into a database named Icepick and shared via a website hosted by Distributed Denial of Secrets. According to Emma Best, a co-founder of DDoSecrets, the leak's stated goal is to replace "anonymity with accountability," identifying officials responsible for covert operations, investigations into leakers, and deportation programs.
The Department of Peace claims to have accessed the DHS agent profiles through Okta, a single sign-on service used by organizations for internal platform access. A spokesperson for Okta stated the company is aware of the claims but has found no evidence that its own data or systems were compromised.
This incident marks the third recent leak or hack targeting a US government agency. Last month, the FBI experienced a hack where personal information of thousands of agents was reportedly taken by a group named ShinyHunters. Additionally, the Federal Election Commission was recently taken offline due to a suspected hacking attempt.
A DHS representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.