DHS Investigates Leak of Records on 40,000 Workers

A searchable archive containing records on more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security employees and contractors was published online Wednesday, prompting DHS to investigate a potential breach and work to protect its personnel. The files include names, phone numbers, email addresses, job titles and internal group memberships across agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security Investigations and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Some entries describe work involving surveillance, computer forensics, special operations and undercover assignments. The archive, called Icepick, was published by the nonprofit Distributed Denial of Secrets. The group and hacker and journalist maia arson crimew said they received the data from a group calling itself the Department of Peace. The group claimed the information came through an identity service used by DHS, but that route has not been corroborated. DHS said it was aware of a potential breach and was working to address it and protect employees. The department said it would provide more information when available. The archive’s publishers also acknowledged...