A hacker stole more than 40,000 DHS employee records

A hacker stole more than 40,000 DHS employee records

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 ne …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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