A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.
The killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last week in Minneapolis has prompted the leak of personnel date to the ICE List, an online database created to promote accountability by the masked federal agents, according to a report from The Daily Beast.
The onslaught of national outrage reportedly led to the major leak.
“It is a sign that people aren’t happy within the U.S. government, clearly. The shooting [of Good] was the last straw for many people," Dominick Skinner, ICE list founder, told The Beast.
Information included in the new leak includes around "1,800 on-the-ground agents and 150 supervisors. Early analysis by the organization suggests that around 80 per cent of the staff identified remain employed by DHS," according to The Beast.
The first batch of names was slated to be posted on the site on Tuesday night.
Members of the public have reportedly also shared information about agents in hotels and even neighbors.
“I’ve had hotel staff sending post-it notes, bar staff sending DHS IDs, and loads of people saying their neighbour is an agent,” Skinner said.
Skinner told the outlet he was working to verify the names.
“ICE and CBP are in clear need of reform, and I believe working for either is a bad move on a moral level," he added.