A hack exposed personal info of nearly 300 Philadelphia-based DHS personnel

According to the Inquirer, a "hacktivist" group known as Department of Peace took credit for stealing the personnel files, which encompass roughly 41,000 DHS agents, operatives, and other employees[1] across the country.The Inquirer reports that the data contains 483 Pennsylvania-based DHS staffers, about 285 of whom are based in the city of Philadelphia.[1] The paper adds that forty-seven employees at ICE and U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices in Mount Laurel were also listed[1].The Inquirer says the hacking group said the breach was retaliation for more aggressive activity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Trump administration.[1]TechCrunch reports that the hacker claimed they obtained the data from an Okta single sign-on system used by Homeland Security[2]. According to Cyberpress, citing Reuters, Okta said "Okta is secure, and we have no evidence our data or systems were compromised."[3]The Washington Post, as published by the Spokesman-Review, reported that multiple ICE officers and Customs and Border Protection agents reached by The Post in Tucson, Philadelphia, and East Texassaid they had not yet been informed about the incident.[4]A DHS spokesperson told the Inquirer the agency was "aware of a potential breach and is actively working to address the situation swiftly and effectively."[1]According to CNN, US officials expressed concern about the possibility of phishing and doxxing stemming from the data dump.[5]