Leak exposes records of over 41,000 US Homeland Security employees
The gist
Distributed Denial of Secrets published an archive of records on more than 41,000 DHS employees and contractors.
The data includes ICE and CBP staff, raising risk for undercover personnel.
How it unfolded
- 2026 -08 (mid-August)Timestamps on each person's record indicate the employee directory records were exfiltrated around mid-August.
- Aug 19, 2026The leaked DHS records were last updated on this date.
- Oct 28, 2026DDoSecrets published the archive, which it calls "Icepick," on Wednesday; it says the data is from DHS's Okta login system.