DHS Employee Data Leak Exposes Nearly 42,000 Workers, Including Undercover Staff

A dataset containing information on nearly 42,000 Department of Homeland Security employees has been exposed, including workers in undercover and covert roles. The reported breach involved an Okta single sign-on credential, though Okta said it has no evidence its systems were compromised. Straight Arrow News reports that the dataset, called “Icepick,” includes names, telephone numbers, email addresses and job assignments across agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Homeland Security Investigations and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.