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cbabe

(6,297 posts)
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 03:53 PM Jan 14

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.



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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Massive Russian cyberattack silences whistleblower's plans to uncover ICE: report (Original Post) cbabe Jan 14 OP
They don't want their employees' info outed SheltieLover Jan 14 #1
The site has been archived, at the very least, at the Internet Archive site. usonian Jan 14 #2
Thanks for that link. Ritabert Jan 14 #3
Where would be good places online to share that link? duckworth969 Jan 14 #9
Protekt Agent Trump! Kid Berwyn Jan 14 #4
If true, then gee, what's Russia's interest in taking that site down? flvegan Jan 14 #5
This needs much more exposure orangecrush Jan 14 #6
So, we can call those against the whistleblower(s) Putin's bootlickers? sakabatou Jan 14 #7
This has to do with stealing the election SamuelTheThird Jan 14 #8
Kick liberalla Jan 14 #10

SheltieLover

(77,421 posts)
1. They don't want their employees' info outed
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 03:59 PM
Jan 14

After all, that might interfere with kraznov's mission to destroy centers of US commerce: cities.

duckworth969

(1,265 posts)
9. Where would be good places online to share that link?
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 06:24 PM
Jan 14

New at this…

Right now I’m sharing that link on CL in major US cities under “politics” and “rants and raves”.

Any other suggestions or thoughts from DU community?

flvegan

(65,860 posts)
5. If true, then gee, what's Russia's interest in taking that site down?
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 04:54 PM
Jan 14

Or, who is paying a Russian bot farm to take that site down, and why?

SamuelTheThird

(663 posts)
8. This has to do with stealing the election
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 05:05 PM
Jan 14

ICE will be one force used to intimidate and more. Russia wants to see us slip into total autocracy (and subsequent economic collapse). So , yeah, this is kinda significant

liberalla

(10,874 posts)
10. Kick
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 11:39 PM
Jan 14

Russia's protecting ICE agents... fighting to keep identities secret.

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