President Donald Trump's rally remarks draw criticism as DHS data breach exposes 40,000 employee contacts
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President Donald Trump's campaign rallies have drawn predictable attacks from opponents, while anti-fascist hackers exposed the personal information of more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security employees in a dangerous breach.
President Donald Trump has been traveling to 19 states in October, delivering rallies that average about one and a half hours each and energizing supporters across the country. Critics have seized on his remarks, which observers say have increasingly included profanity, objectifying language and ethnic stereotyping, but his backers view them as blunt, unscripted politics. At a Michigan rally he highlighted Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s middle name, Mohamed, and at a South Carolina event he praised a protester’s assault as “incredible.”
White House communication director Steven Cheung said the president is “making a significant impact on races.”
Separately, anti-fascist activists calling themselves the Department of Peace claimed responsibility for hacking the Department of Homeland Security and releasing a searchable database of names and work contact details for over 40,000 agency employees. The data, posted on the Distributed Denial of Secrets platform, represents roughly 15% of DHS staff and includes information for positions that are typically kept confidential, such as ICE officers.
The activists said the release was intended to protest DHS’s deportation operations. No official comment from the department was included in the report.