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Massive Russian cyberattack silences whistleblower's plans to uncover ICE: report
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-2674893463/Massive Russian cyberattack silences whistleblower's plans to uncover ICE: report
Adam Nichols
January 14, 2026 1:54PM ET
The ICE List website, a domain that aims to make immigrations agents accountable, is experiencing a sustained cyber attack following reports that it would publish approximately 4,500 names of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol employees.
ICE List founder Dominick Skinner reported that the distributed denial-of-service attack began Tuesday evening and continued through publication, according to the Daily Beast.
The assault involved massive simultaneous traffic from multiple IP addresses, successfully overwhelming the site's servers and preventing access.
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Skinner stated: "The IPs would be run through proxies before hitting our servers, meaning it's just impossible to track the source. An attack lasting this long is sophisticated, though." He noted that a significant portion of malicious traffic originated from Russia, likely from a bot farm operating there.
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After all, that might interfere with kraznov's mission to destroy centers of US commerce: cities.
Russia's protecting ICE agents... fighting to keep identities secret.
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