Hacker reportedly stole personnel data on thousands of Homeland Security employees

A hacker reportedly obtained personal data on more than 40,000 Homeland Security staff, including CBP and ICE agents, and it has since been published online. WIRED reports the records include facility locations and cellphone numbers.

Timeline

1. 28 Oct, 20:00 UTCFirst appeared on WIRED
2. 28 Oct, 20:01 UTCPicked up on News
3. 28 Oct, 20:03 UTCWIRED reports 41,000 workers exposed
4. 28 Oct, 20:05 UTCTechCrunch reports personnel data leak
5. 28 Oct, 21:03 UTCPicked up on Hacker News
6. 28 Oct, 21:19 UTCReached #1 on TrendHeat

Top sources

• NEW: U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security was breached, allowing a hacker to scrape personnel and contact information data frZack Whittaker
• Huh. Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents # ICE https://www. wired.com/Warner Crocker
• Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE AgentsWIRED
• Hacker stole personnel data about thousands of Homeland Security employees, including CBP and ICE agents | TechCrunchTechCrunch