Over 41,000 U.S. Homeland Security officials' details apparently exposed after massive data breach
CNBC was able to access the database on the website, and saw it contained names alleged to be of officials, titles, agencies, and offices in cities and states.
TL;DR
- Over 41,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials' identities allegedly exposed in a data breach.
- The hacktivist group 'Department of Peace' claims responsibility for the breach.
- The data was reportedly obtained from an Okta single sign-on service used by the DHS.
- The searchable database includes employee names, offices, contact information, and assignments.
- Agencies potentially affected include Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
- The leak is claimed to be in retaliation for DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin's statement about intensifying immigration arrests.