Information relating to more than 41,000 staff members of the US Department of Homeland Security has been released by a group calling itself the Department of Peace in what has been described as a major hack.
The leaked material includes details of thousands of US immigration agents. The available information does not specify when the breach took place, how the group obtained the data or exactly what types of personal or employment information were exposed.
The disclosure affects a large number of DHS personnel and includes staff involved in immigration work. No official response, details of investigations or information about possible consequences were included in the supplied material.
The latest known position is that the Department of Peace has published information concerning more than 41,000 DHS staff. Further details about the breach and any response from US authorities were not provided.
