US: Department of Homeland Security data leak exposes details of more than 40,000 employees
CNBC was able to access the database on the website, and saw it contained names alleged to be of officials, titles, agencies, and offices in cities and states.
Key points
- This follows recent data breaches involving the FBI and the Defense Department.
The leaked information reportedly includes names, phone numbers and email addresses of personnel across several US security agencies.
The leaked records include the locations of ICE and CBP facilities, workers’ cell phone numbers, and the members of groups tied to wiretap programs, Palantir software, and xAI’s Grok chatbot.
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