Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents – WIRED

Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents  WIRED

The records, which span DHS itself as well as seven component agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and US Customs and Border Protection, were last updated on August 19, 2026. The transparency nonprofit Distributed Denial of Secrets and cybersecurity researcher and journalist maia arson crimew previewed the data for WIRED, which they say they obtained from a group calling itself the Department of Peace. DDoSecrets published the archive, which it calls “Icepick,” on Wednesday. In a press release, DDoSecrets says the data is from DHS's Okta login system. In a note with the files, the hackers wrote, “They have our information, so it’s only fair that we have theirs.” An Okta spokesperson tells WIRED that it is unaware of any breach of its systems.

“We are aware of this report. Okta is secure, and we have no evidence our data or systems were compromised,” the spokesperson says. The leak comes as DHS has aggressively pursued its critics, seeking to unmask anonymous social media users, obtain customer records on protesters, and secure warrants for surveillance tools aimed at reporters. Since the start of the second Trump administration, DHS and the federal government have moved to hide DHS employees’ names and faces. The agency has also expanded its definition of “doxing”—a term that typically refers to publishing someone’s home address and other