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United States demands takedown of leaked immigration agency personnel data

The United States Department of Homeland Security requested an Icelandic firm remove a website hosting leaked data belonging to tens of thousands of employees.

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The United States Department of Homeland Security has requested an Icelandic web hosting company take down a site containing information about tens of thousands of its staff, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday. The cybersecurity firm ZeroFox sent a letter on behalf of the government agency asking the company to remove or disable the material. [1]

The Icelandic web company, FlokiNET, published the letter it received from ZeroFox on Thursday, according to Al Jazeera. The letter claimed that FlokiNET violated its terms of service by hosting a stolen dataset. ZeroFox stated that the public content places more than 40,000 identifiable individuals at risk. [1][3]

FlokiNET defended hosting the published dataset, Al Jazeera reported. The Icelandic company stated that keeping the material online serves a legitimate public interest. [1][3]

Donald Trump took office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. He previously served as the 45th president between 2017 and 2021 before winning the presidency again in 2024. [7]

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In short

  • The Department of Homeland Security asked Icelandic web host FlokiNET to remove a site with employee data.
  • Cybersecurity firm ZeroFox sent the takedown letter on behalf of the United States government.
  • ZeroFox stated that the published data puts more than 40,000 identifiable individuals at risk.
  • FlokiNET defended publishing the data, citing a legitimate public interest.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Trump administration attempts to take down leak of ICE personnel dataAl Jazeera English, 3h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]The billionaire enclave reeling from Trump’s ICE raidsThe Telegraph, 1d ago
  3. [3]Trump administration attempts to take down leak of ICE personnel dataAl Jazeera, 3h ago
  4. [4]Immigrant legal aid groups sue Trump administration over ICE policy concealing detainee locationsEl Paso Matters, 12h ago
  5. [5]Trump administration says FBI, ICE will not monitor midterm electionsSpectrum News, 8h ago
  6. [6]Trump’s Great Persecution: ICE Raids Ignite Business FearsEL PAÍS English, 1d ago

Background

  1. [7]Second presidency of Donald Trump on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 7 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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