
ICE releases nearly 3,000 detained immigrants affected by accidental data leak
Fox News
ICE confirmed Thursday that has released thousands of immigrants who were affected by a data leak that published personal information of more than 6,000 last year.
ICE said the incident came while the agency was performing routine website updates and was up for approximately five hours before it was eventually removed. The document in question contained information related to those in ICE custody on Nov. 19, meaning if they weren’t in custody on that date, they were not affected. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
A separate December incident involved the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accidentally revealing to Cuba that some immigrants on deportation flights had been affected by the data leak in November, thus revealing that they had applied for protection in the U.S. That incident affected just over 100 Cubans. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.













