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DHS Investigates Breach Exposing 40,000 Employee Records

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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DHS is investigating a breach that exposed data of about 40,000 employees.
Leak includes names, titles, locations, phone numbers and emails of roughly 10,000 ICE and 20,000 CBP staff.
Distributed Denial of Secrets posted the files after receiving them from hacktivist “Department of Peace”.
Emma Best created a public search tool for the leaked data.
Reuters verified six employees’ details and three phone numbers using credit-bureau data.

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DHS is investigating a breach that exposed data of about 40,000 employees.
Leak includes names, titles, locations, phone numbers and emails of roughly 10,000 ICE and 20,000 CBP staff.
Distributed Denial of Secrets posted the files after receiving them from hacktivist “Department of Peace”.
Emma Best created a public search tool for the leaked data.
Reuters verified six employees’ details and three phone numbers using credit-bureau data.