Overview

• 404 Media published and verified screenshots of a multi-agency chat labeled “Mass Text,” in which ICE shared unredacted field operations worksheets detailing an active manhunt.
• A private individual added weeks earlier received real-time MMS messages showing DMV records and license-plate reader data used to track a convicted attempted murderer.
• Messages were sent via unencrypted MMS rather than secure platforms, leaving operational documents exposed to unintended recipients.
• The incident recalls last year’s “Signal Gate” breach and intensifies scrutiny of communication protocols during expanded Trump administration deportation efforts.
• There is no public indication that ICE or its partner agencies have acknowledged the leak or taken steps to secure their messaging systems.