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DDoS “DHS” Leak Exposes 40,000 Employees’ Contact Details

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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Summary

Distributed Denial of Secrets released data on more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security employees.
The files contain names, phone numbers, email addresses, job titles for staff in ICE, CBP and CISA.
Hackers say they obtained the records from DHS’s Okta sign-on service, though Okta denies a breach.
Reuters matched six employees’ details to credit-bureau and dark-web data, while DHS declined comment.

History

In 2015 Chinese-linked hackers breached the Office of Personnel Management, exposing about 22 million federal employee records and prompting sweeping cybersecurity reforms. The recent Distributed Denial of Secrets release of more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security staff files, allegedly sourced from Okta, echoes that breach’s scale and the ongoing push for stricter identity-management standards.

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In 2015 Chinese-linked hackers breached the Office of Personnel Management, exposing about 22 million federal employee records and prompting sweeping cybersecurity reforms. The recent Distributed Denial of Secrets release of more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security staff files, allegedly sourced from Okta, echoes that breach’s scale and the ongoing push for stricter identity-management standards.

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