Cybersecurity

Hacker stole personnel data about thousands of Homeland Security employees, including CBP and ICE agents

A hacker, known as Department of Peace, stole and published online personally identifiable information of over 40,000 Homeland Security employees, including names, job titles, work contact information, and Okta single sign-on system data. The breach includes 21,000 CBP, 10,000 ICE and HSI, and 1,000 CISA employees' records, as well as thousands of other staff at various agencies. The hacker obtained the data through the Okta system used for logging into Homeland Security's central network, which also contains IT and log-in records. The data includes access permissions to internal systems and apps. The hacker claims to have left a note saying 'They have our information, so it's only fair that we have theirs.'

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