Hacker publishes data on 41,000 Homeland Security workers
By The BriefBrief
A hacker obtained personally identifiable information about more than 40,000 Homeland Security staffers, and the data has since been published online. The leaked records include ICE and CBP facility locations, workers’ cell phone numbers and members of groups tied to wiretap programs, Palantir software and xAI’s Grok chatbot.
WHO:A hacker
WHAT:A hacker obtained and published online personally identifiable information about more than 40,000 Homeland Security staffers.
WHEN:Reported Oct 28, 2026 at 4:01 PM ET
WHERE:USA
WHY:The reason for the data theft and publication is not reported.
Reporting from 2 identified publishers across this event arc.
