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Hackers Post Personal Data of Hundreds of DHS, FBI, DOJ Staff on Telegram

The origin of the cache remains unconfirmed despite partial verification of many records by an outside firm.

Overview

  • Multiple spreadsheets shared in private Telegram channels listed about 680 DHS officials, more than 170 FBI email owners, and over 190 DOJ officials.
  • The files included names, government email addresses, phone numbers, and apparent residential addresses, according to reporters who reviewed them.
  • The posters used the Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters name and are linked to a loose-knit community known as the Com with ties to prior high-profile breaches.
  • Channel messages taunted authorities and threatened an additional dump targeting IRS personnel, referencing an unsubstantiated claim about cartel bounties for doxing.
  • DHS, the FBI, and the Justice Department have not commented as investigators assess whether the dataset stems from a new intrusion or an aggregation of earlier leaks.