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DHS cites risk to more than 40,000 personnel in effort to take leaked data offline

Global Published 30 October 2026, 01:35 · archived 29 Oct 2026

The Department of Homeland Security asked an Icelandic hosting company to take down data obtained through hackThe US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) asked ⁠an Icelandic hosting company on Thursday to take down or limit access to data related to thousands ⁠of agency personnel, saying ⁠the content ​put them at risk, according to the request posted online by hosting company FlokiNET.The database “places more than ⁠40,000 identifiable individuals at risk of harassment, stalking and physical harm”, the request said. Continue reading...

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