Leak website releases data on thousands of US Homeland Security employees

The leak website Distributed Denial of Secrets announced on Wednesday the release of data concerning more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees. This includes information about officials working in sensitive areas such as surveillance and human intelligence. In response to the potential breach, DHS acknowledged the situation and stated that they are actively working to address it swiftly and effectively.

The agency is committed to ensuring the protection of its employees and pledged to provide further updates to the public as more information becomes available.

The data leak, obtained by the nonprofit data transparency group Distributed Denial of Secrets, is the third major government data breach to capture public attention in the past month. In September, the hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for stealing a vast amount of data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The stolen data included sensitive job details and medical information from thousands of FBI employees. Last week, the Department of Defense faced a class action lawsuit following a reported breach.