ICE List goes viral as it reveals info about DHS employees, many of whom shared it themselves.
Washington, D.C.: Last week, a website named ICE List became popular. Its creators said they leaked personal details about almost 4,500 Department of Homeland Security workers. But WIRED found that most of this info comes from what the employees shared online themselves. This is happening while DHS calls it “doxing” and warns that they may prosecute anyone who shares their officers’ identities.
ICE List works like a wiki, where volunteers choose who gets listed. It has pages linked to different categories, similar to Wikipedia. However, not everyone in these lists works for ICE. For instance, Enrique Tarrio, a former Proud Boys leader, is included in the “Agents” category even though DHS says he isn’t an ICE employee. His page claims he is a “Propagandist; Agitator” and that he wishes he worked for ICE, calling the listing wrong information.
The owner of ICE List, Dominick Skinner, said he doesn’t think they are doxing anyone. They do not share home addresses and promise to remove false information and harassment. He argued that if sharing online means doxing, then everyone online is doxing themselves, which sounds silly.
WIRED looked at some pages in the “Agents” category on January 22. Of about 1,580 pages, around 90 percent mentioned LinkedIn as a source. However, many links didn’t work, and some didn’t support claims from the site. For example, someone called “active” might appear on ICE List but have a LinkedIn showing they are a former legal advisor.
DHS did not reply to questions about this. Some pages on ICE List also used OpenPayrolls, a site listing public employees’ salaries, and SignalHire, which helps businesses find leads, for info. An OpenPayrolls spokesperson said they have no link to ICE List. They mentioned the payroll records were released to the public and that no government office asked them about these records.