# DHS cites risk to more than 40,000 personnel in effort to take leaked data offline

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-29T20:35:54+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/29/dhs-personnel-data-leak
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/dhs-cites-risk-to-more-than-40-000-personnel-in-effort-to-take-leaked--b00e5c/

The Department of Homeland Security asked an Icelandic hosting company to take down data obtained through hack The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) asked ⁠an Icelandic hosting company on Thursday to take down or limit access to data related to thousands ⁠of agency personnel, saying ⁠the content ​put them at risk, according to the request posted online by hosting company FlokiNET. The datab

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