# Bluesky Is Blocking Links to a Major Leak of DHS Employee Records

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bluesky-is-blocking-links-to-a-major-leak-of-dhs-employee-records/
- Published: 2026-10-29T03:34:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T04:23:48+00:00
- Original publisher: Wired
- Original article: https://www.wired.com/story/bluesky-blocks-links-to-major-leak-of-dhs-data/
- Topics: Software

## Key points

- Bluesky blocks links to a leak covering more than 41,000 DHS workers.
- The company cites unauthorised sharing of personal contact details.
- Some third-party apps still open the archive.

## Summary

Bluesky is blocking links to “Icepick”, a leaked archive containing records on more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security employees and contractors. The company says the files include personal contact details shared without consent, which breach its community guidelines; it says blocking the links allows discussion and reporting to remain visible.

Published by Distributed Denial of Secrets, the archive includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and internal group memberships, with some records connected to surveillance and undercover work. Bluesky labels the archive and a separate search website “malicious”, but the nonprofit’s homepage remains accessible and at least one third-party Bluesky app opens the links. The company has not said whether the block was automated or requested by a government agency; its rules also protect factual reporting on government transparency.

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