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DHS investigates leak that may expose about 40,000 employees, including ICE and Border Patrol staff and undercover agents
The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a suspected breach that may have exposed names, titles, locations and in some cases phone numbers and emails of about 40,000 employees and contractors, including roughly 10,000 ICE personnel and more than 20,000 Customs and Border Protection employees, Fox News reported, citing sources. Fox said it confirmed the records include names of several undercover ICE agents; a group calling itself the "Department of Peace" claimed responsibility, the site Distributed Denial of Secrets said it released the data, and DHS said it is "actively working to address the situation."
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- Fox NewsDHS investigates massive data breach exposing 40,000 employees, including ICE and Border Patrol agents
- New York PostMassive data breach exposes 40,000 US Homeland Security employees