Trump administration attempts to take down leak of ICE personnel data

An Icelandic web company, FlokiNET, has defended the data’s publication as satisfying a ‘legitimate’ public interest.The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has asked an Icelandic web hosting company to take down a site with information about tens of thousands of its employees.On Thursday, the Icelandic company FlokiNET posted a letter it received from the cybersecurity firm ZeroFox, on behalf of DHS.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Homeland Security Secretary Mullin reiterates Trump threats about electionslist 2 of 3Will ICE agents play a role in the 2026 US midterm elections?list 3 of 3Dying in ICE custody: Inside one family’s story of heartbreakend of listThe letter accused FlokiNET of violating its terms of service by publishing a “stolen” employee dataset and asked it to “remove or disable” the information.“The content is live and places more than 40,000 identifiable individuals at risk of harassment, stalking, and physical harm,” the letter said.FlokiNET said the letter concerned one domain, icepi.cx, which has compiled information about employees from a range of DHS agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Bor...