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

TechCrunch·Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai·6 months ago
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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, and surveillance enabler 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!…

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