{
  "id": 16966430,
  "title": "Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/massive-leak-exposes-41-000-homeland-security-workers",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/28/2158201/massive-leak-exposes-41000-homeland-security-workers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A massive leak has revealed personal information for over 41,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees and contractors, including approximately 10,000 personnel from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The stolen data, believed to have originated from DHS's Okta login system, includes contact details, office addresses, reporting hierarchies, and access permissions for undercover operations and surveillance equipment. The leak provides an extensive map of how DHS and seven of its component agencies are structured and functioned. Last updated on August 19, 2026, the information was previewed by transparency group Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoS secrets) and journalist maia arson crimew, who obtained it from an anonymous group claiming affiliation with the Department of Peace. DDoSecrets released the archive, dubbed \"Icepick,\" on Wednesday. In a press release, DDoSecrets stated the data was sourced from DHS's Okta login system and that the hackers declared, \"They have our information, so it's only fair that we have theirs.\" An Okta spokesperson denied any breach, asserting Okta's security and lack of evidence suggesting compromised systems.",
  "summary": "A massive leak has exposed records tied to more than 41,000 DHS employees and contractors, including roughly 10,000 ICE personnel. The data, reportedly taken from DHS's Okta login system, reveals phone numbers, email and office addresses, reporting relationships, and permission groups associated with undercover operations, wiretapping and surveillance tools. Wired reports: In all, the leak…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Wired",
        "title": "Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/massive-leak-exposes-41-000-homeland-security-workers-including",
        "published": "2026-10-28T20:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Hacker stole personnel data about thousands of Homeland Security employees, including CBP and ICE agents",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/hacker-stole-personnel-data-about-thousands-of-homeland-security",
        "published": "2026-10-28T20:01:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}