Website that leaked ICE agents’ personal info went down after ‘Russian cyberattack,’
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A website leaking ICE agents' personal info was taken down by a suspected Russian cyberattack after announcing plans to release data from a whistleblower.
Source: The Independent
A website dedicated to leaking personal information about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and Border Patrol agents was reportedly subject to a cyberattack that its founder believes may have originated in Russia. Dominick Skinner, a Netherlands-based immigration activist, told The Daily Beast that his website, ICE List, came under cyberattack Jan. 13 after the publication reported Skinner planned to release personal information, obtained through a whistleblower, about thousands of employees. Skinner told The Daily Beast that a massive number of IPs began accessing the website, and a large amount of the traffic appeared to come from Russia – leading the founder to speculate the attack originated there. Full Story