Details of thousands of US immigration agents leaked in major hack

ByKali Hays Technology reporter. Updated 6 hours ago.

Key points

• Since President Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, the US has enacted almost 1 million deportations, external, according to data from the Migration Policy Institute.
• Other records show agents with Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Protective Service and even individuals working for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
• Details of more than 41, 000 personnel working for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including thousands involved in immigration enforcement, have been leaked to the public.
• Most of the agents included, more than 21, 000 of them, work for CBP, according to the data.
• BlueLeaks refers to a massive leak of US police data in 2020, data from which DDoSecrets additionally hosted.

Meanwhile, the leak includes names, work addresses and phone numbers of DHS staff, including agents working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection, along with descriptions of the work they do for each agency.

Wednesday's leak marks the third time in recent weeks that a administration agency has been targeted by leaks or hacks.

Notably, a DHS spokesperson remarked the agency is "aware of a potential breach and is actively working to address the situation swiftly and effectively."

"We take all security threats against our employees and officers seriously and will work to ensure all are properly protected, " the spokesperson continued. "We will update the public when more information is available."

In practice, the seemingly unprecedented breach of employee information was created public online. While journalist and cybersecurity researcher maia crimew alongside the website Distributed Denial of Secrets put it online, a group called the Department of Peace accessed the information from DHS. The information was put in a database named Icepick.

Most of the agents included, more than 21, 000 of them, work for CBP, according to the data. Almost 6, 600 work for ICE.

In practice, the leaked information additionally included dozens of previously unknown operation names, the agents that led and worked on those operations, and some of the technology they employed in their work, including tech provided by Cellbrite and Palantir.

In practice, the groups wrote in an online statement that the the leak was not meant to be a directory of every DHS agent. Rather the aim was to replace "anonymity with accountability", according to Emma Best, a co founder of DDoSecrets.

"The leak is extraordinary but deceptive in its simplicity as it identifies the officials responsible for overseeing covert and undercover operations, the government's hunt for leakers and the failed BlueLeaks investigation – along with key personnel in DHS's ever-escalating rendition and deportation programs, " Best continued.

For context, a spokesperson for the Department of Peace pointed directly at actions by ICE agents for the group's work to hack DHS records.

"On July 17th, Markwayne Mullin remarked he was 'turning up the heat'. This is what happens to ICE when you do that, " the spokesperson wrote on Wednesday. Mullin in March became Secretary of Homeland Security.

In practice, the Department of Peace remarked it accessed the DHS agent profiles through a single sign-on service called Okta.

Okta is a popular online security tool that organisations employ to ensure that only residents with access to internal platforms are logging on to them.

Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Okta remarked the business is aware of the claims being created, but remarked: "Okta is secure, and we have no evidence our data or systems were compromised."

Last month, the FBI was hacked by a group called ShinyHunters. It took personal information regarding thousands of agents.

In recent days, the Federal Election Commission. It makes public political campaign donation data, was taken offline since of a suspected hacking attempt.

Public backlash to US immigration enforcement has been building as the Trump Administration has pushed a massive rise in arrests and deportations of individuals suspected of being in the country illegally.

Immigration operations this year have repeatedly turned violent, external, with ICE agents shooting at more than two dozen individuals and killing at least nine residents.

Those killings include the high profile deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, both of whom were shot and killed by ICE agents this year in Minnesota, despite not being the targets of arrests.

Often, ICE agents carry out enforcement actions while their faces are covered by masks and sunglasses. Immigration agents rarely identify themselves, despite being required by law to do so, and US politicians have publicly demanded, external DHS enforces the requirement.

Since President Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, the US has enacted almost 1 million deportations, external, according to data from the Migration Policy Institute. More than 70% of the deportations have been of individuals with no criminal record.

For now, details of thousands of US immigration agents leaked in major hack remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.