A hacker stole more than 40,000 DHS employee records
A hacker known as 'Department of Peace' breached the Department of Homeland Security via Okta, exposing personal data of over 41,000 employees. The leaked information, which includes details on surveillance tools, has been shared with the hacktivist group DDoSecrets.
Why it matters
This breach highlights significant vulnerabilities in government identity management systems and raises concerns about the safety of personnel involved in sensitive immigration and surveillance operations.
A hacker stole a trove of personal information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The breach exposes the names, job titles, phone numbers, email addresses, and office locations of more than 41,000 employees, including those in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to TechCrunch and Wired. The data also linked the agencies to specific surveillance tools.
As reported by TechCrunch, a hacker known as “Department of Peace” gained access to the data through Okta, an identity and access management service used by the DHS. Around 21,000 records pertain to CBP employees, and nearly 7,000 belong to staff at ICE. The data also includes records from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
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