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Massive leak exposes records of 41,000 DHS workers, including undercover agents

Commenting on the legal limits of anti-doxing law

On October 28, the transparency nonprofit Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) published a searchable archive of more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees and contractors. The data, named "Icepick," includes names, phone numbers, office addresses, job titles, and each person's supervisor, covering DHS and seven of its agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

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Notable Quotes

"This is information that would be on a business card. That's not something the government can criminalize."

from Massive leak exposes records of 41,000 DHS workers, including undercover agents · Updated Yesterday

"This is information that would be on a business card" — Adam Steinbaugh, FIRE senior attorney

from Massive leak exposes records of 41,000 DHS workers, including undercover agents · Updated Yesterday