US: Department of Homeland Security data leak exposes details of more than 40,000 employees

In the third major US government data leak in the past month, details on more than 40,000 US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees, including officials involved in surveillance, intelligence and undercover operations, were released on Wednesday by a nonprofit leak website. Distributed Denial of Secrets, a nonprofit data transparency group, said the data was obtained by an entity calling itself "Department of Peace" and provided to the group and "journalist and hacktivist maia arson crimew." DHS said in a statement that it was "aware of a potential breach and is actively working to address the situation swiftly and effectively." The agency said it would provide further updates when more information became available.