NEW: U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security was breached, allowing a hacker to scrape personnel and contact information data from its Okta sign-on system. The stolen data includes 40,000+ records across DHS agencies, including CBP, ICE, and HSI, as well as DHS leadership — and is now online via DDoSecrets.
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/28/hacker-stole-personnel-data-about-thousands-of-homeland-security-employees-including-cbp-and-ice-agents/
Bypass for ad-blockers: https://archive.is/9jTmV
Zack Whittaker
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2026-10-28 20:03:43 UTC
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