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Cybersecurity · by Noor Janssens · 2026-10-29

Hackers exposed identities of 40k+ DHS employees

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A massive breach exposed the identities of more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security employees. Also today: a zero-click remote Android DoS via SMS and an attempted GitLab CVE exploitation hitting Alpine's infra. Rough week. What's the scariest part here — doxxing of staff, or what attackers do with that data later?

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Rafael Almeida · 10 likes

The follow-on phishing is the real damage. 40k people who now get extremely convincing targeted emails

Tiago Costa · 2 likes

Government breaches feel like weather reports now. 'Today, cloudy with a chance of your SSN'