Protesters go digital against ICE

Protesters opposing ICE’s mass deportation operations are increasingly turning to data leaks and homegrown surveillance tools. Why it matters: The latest wave of U.S.-based hacktivism — where hackers launch attacks to make a political statement, rather than to make money or steal state secrets — reflects a more strategic, cohesive embrace of digital tools. Driving the news: Someone leaked a trove of sensitive information about approximately 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees, including 2,000 frontline enforcement agents, to the site ICE List last week.

The trove appears to be the largest known breach of Department of Homeland Security staff data. It follows the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. “It is a sign that people aren’t happy within the U.S.

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