Hundreds of U.S. government officials with the FBI, ICE, and the DOJ have allegedly had their personal information doxxed by a notorious hacker group.
Members of the group known as the Com, a community of hackers with ties to another well-known hacking collective, Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters, are currently sharing the leaked data on private Telegram channels. As 404 Media reports, it’s unclear how this leaked data was obtained, as it could be compiled from previous leaks, the result of a new yet-to-be-announced government breach, or other means
The hackers have already shared multiple spreadsheets full of private data purportedly belonging to 680 DHS officials, 170 FBI agents, and 190 DOJ officials. The doxxed information spans from government email addresses to personal names, phone numbers, and residential addresses, per 404 Media.
The hacking group behind the leak and their associates have been behind some high-profile data breaches in recent years. The group is believed to be responsible for the recent Salesforce data leak, the Ticketmaster data breach, the AT&T leak, breaches at major airlines, and even the Grand Theft Auto VI footage leak.
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Many hackers connected to the Com come from various close-knit groups such as Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters, and Lapsus$. These threat actors have begun operating under the joint name Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters, and they’re some of the most infamous English-speaking hacking groups operating today.
The Trump administration has gone to great lengths to stifle any speech regarding the identities and movements of ICE agents, many of whom now cover their faces with masks to hide their identities when making arrests.
The Trump administration has moved aggressively to deport undocumented immigrants, including those without criminal records. In fact, The Guardian recently reported that undocumented immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group of people in ICE detention. And in numerous cases, ICE has wrongly detained U.S. citizens in its sweeps.
As a result, ICE actions have faced protests in communities across the country. Activists created apps to help monitor ICE, which have since been banned from Apple’s App Store after requests from the Trump administration. One such app, ICEBlock, a crowdsourced ICE tracker, was for a time one of the most downloaded apps on the App Store. Another banned app, Eyes Up, allowed users to log and archive videos of ICE activity in order to hold agents accountable.
As 404 Media reports, one user in the Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters Telegram channel jokingly referenced recent unfounded claims from the DHS that drug cartels in Mexico were offering bounties for the doxxing of U.S. government agents.
