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Hacker steals records of 41,000 DHS employees
The stolen files include records from about ten thousand ICE staff and nearly one thousand cybersecurity agency employees, according to coverage of the leak; the hackers call it fairness.
On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN TonightPublished
At a glance
- First reported by The Verge: “A hacker stole more than 40,000 DHS employee records”, with reporting from WIRED (via Mezha).
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 7:13 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
- BBN covered this story before: Quake in California, DHS door knocks, NYC carriages (October 22).
The real story
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- The VergeA hacker stole more than 40,000 DHS employee records
- WIRED (via Mezha)Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers - Including Undercover ICE Agents October 28, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA hacker stole the names, job titles, phone numbers and office locations of more than forty-one thousand Homeland Security employees, including about ten thousand at ICE and more than twenty-one thousand at Customs and Border Protection.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe group calls itself Department of Peace, and its note says, quote, they have our information, so it's only fair that we have theirs.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFair is a strange word for a data breach. Check your own office directory, Kenji, because it has your email in it too.
The story so far
- Quake in California, DHS door knocks, NYC carriages · CBS News
- Hacker steals records of 41,000 DHS employees (this story)
From the archive: everything BBN aired on Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · the Tech archive · all months
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