Hacktivists claim to have hacked Homeland Security to release ICE contract data

A group of hacktivists calling themselves “Department of Peace” claimed to have hacked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), leaking allegedly stolen documents online. On Sunday, the nonprofit transparency collective DDoSecrets published data relating to contracts between DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and more than 6,000 companies, including defense contractors Anduril, L3Harris, Raytheon, surveillance provider Palantir, as well as tech giants Microsoft and Oracle. The hacktivist said the data comes from the Office of Industry Partnership, a unit within DHS that procures technology from the private sector. DHS and ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Department of Peace explained their motives in a document alongside the hack, citing the recent killings of two peaceful protesters, U.S. citizens Alex Pretti and Renée Good, earlier this year in Minneapolis by federal agents. “Why hack the DHS? I can think of a couple Pretti Good reasons! I’m releasing this because the DHS is killing us and people deserve to know which companies support them and what they’re working on,” the hackers wrote. Since the beginning of the Trump administration, DHS and federal immigration agents with ICE have undertaken a campaign of mass deportations, arresting people with largely no criminal records, and detaining them in overcrowded facilities where critics say they are held in inhumane conditions. The mass deportation campaign has been aided by several tech companies, with Palantir at the forefront.

Contact Us Do you have more information about ICE and the technology it uses? We would love to learn how this affects you. From a non-work device, you can contact Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai securely on Signal at +1 917 257 1382, or via Telegram, Keybase and Wire @lorenzofb, or by email. Security researcher Micah Lee organized the leaked data on a dedicated website, making the information easily searchable. The site shows the name of the contractors, the amount of money they were awarded, as well as contact information, such as full names, email addresses, and phone numbers. The largest contracts by total money awarded included $70 million for Cyber Apex Solutions, a company that claims on its barebones website to be “focused on filling the security gaps of critical infrastructure” in the U.S.; and $59 million for Science Applications International Corporation, which provides AI services for government agencies. Underwriters Laboratories was awarded $29 million to provide testing, certification, and market intelligence to customers.

Cyber Apex Solution, SAIC, and Underwriters Laboratories did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Topics cybersecurity, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, hackers, hacking, hacktivism, hacktivist, ICE, immigration, Security, u.s. immigration and customs enforcement Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Senior Reporter, Cybersecurity Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai is a Senior Writer at TechCrunch, where he covers hacking, cybersecurity, surveillance, and privacy. You can contact or verify outreach from Lorenzo by emailing lorenzo@techcrunch.com, via encrypted message at +1 917 257 1382 on Signal, and @lorenzofb on Keybase/Telegram.

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