Hacker leaks personal data of more than 40,000 US Homeland Security staff, including ICE and CBP agents

Two reports describe a leak of personnel PII belonging to more than 40,000 (one says 41,000+) US Department of Homeland Security employees, including ICE and CBP agents, now published online. The articles name no CVE, attack vector, threat actor or specific data fields, so attribution and root cause are unknown. Defenders should watch for follow-on targeting of affected staff, such as phishing and social engineering, until more details are confirmed.

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