Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Agents Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach

Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees—including almost 2,000 agents working in frontline enforcement—have allegedly been released by a Department of Homeland Security whistleblower following last week’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good. The Jan. 7 killing of the mother by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked nationwide protests and worldwide outrage, including among some DHS employees.

The alleged leak to ICE List, a self-styled “accountability initiative,” is believed to be the largest ever breach of DHS staff data and appears to include names, work emails, telephone numbers, roles, and some résumé data, including previous jobs of federal immigration staff, according to The Daily Beast.

ICE List founder Dominick Skinner told the publication that the dataset includes about 1,800 on-the-ground agents and 150 supervisors, with early analysis suggesting around 80 per cent of the staff identified remain employed by DHS. Read more at The Daily Beast.