Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Agents Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach - DataBreaches.Net

"Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees-including almost 2,000 agents working in frontline enforcement-have allegedly been released by a Department of Homeland Security whistleblower following last week's fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good. The Jan. 7 killing of the mother by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked nationwide protests and worldwide outrage, including among some DHS employees."

"The alleged leak to ICE List, a self-styled "accountability initiative," is believed to be the largest ever breach of DHS staff data. It appears to include names, work emails, telephone numbers, roles, and some resumé data, including previous jobs of federal immigration staff. ICE List founder, Dominick Skinner, told the Daily Beast: "It is a sign that people aren't happy within the U.S. government, clearly. The shooting [of Good] was the last straw for many people.""

"According to Skinner, who leads the volunteer-run website, the dataset includes about 1,800 on-the-ground agents and 150 supervisors. Early analysis by the organization suggests that around 80 per cent of the staff identified remain employed by DHS. Read more at The Daily Beast. For an opposing view, read PJ Media. Consistent with DataBreaches' policy of not linking to exposed personal information, we are not linking to the ICE list site."

Sensitive personal and professional information for roughly 4,500 Department of Homeland Security employees, including about 1,800 frontline ICE and Border Patrol agents and approximately 150 supervisors, was allegedly released to ICE List. The dataset reportedly contains names, work emails, telephone numbers, roles, and some résumé details such as prior jobs. The leak followed protests and outrage after the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Early analysis indicates around 80 percent of identified staff remain employed by DHS. The leak is believed to be the largest release of DHS staff data.

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