The website Stop ICE Raids Alert Network, which allows users to “send and receive alerts about ICE raids and activity in [their] areas,” appears to have been breached in a cyberattack.
According to reports circulating on social media on Friday, anti-ICE activists visiting the site were greeted by a message, printed ominously in red letters on a black background, that read, “We were not kidding. We sent your names, logins, passwords, and locations to a bunch of government agencies. Sherman Austin is a terrible coder, so are ‘RC’ Concepcion and Matt Beran.”
X user @DataRepublican, whose commentary I have found to be very credible, posted an image of the message and added that StopICE is “the biggest ICE doxxing website out there.”
In a separate post, @DataRepublican wrote, “I can personally testify that the names, logins, passwords, locations (down to coordinates), and phone numbers of 100K+ users were all sent to FBI, ICE, HSI, and more.”
StopICE allows users to track license plates they suspect belong to ICE agents. After the site was hacked, however, any attempt to search a license plate instead triggered a Tom Homan meme. The image of the border czar was accompanied by a blunt message: “Hello, StopICE.net. All your logins, locations, passwords, and phone numbers have been given to the FBI and ICE.”
Site administrator Sherman Austin sought to calm users, insisting that the site was secure and asking them to “disregard the script trolls.” He added, “We’ve also traced the signature of this attack several times back to server associated with CBP agent here in SoCal…”
Anti-ICE activists are highly organized and wholly committed to doxxing ICE agents. The X post below features a page from the ICE List Wiki website, which describes itself as:
[A] public, verifiable record of immigration enforcement activity in the United States. It documents incidents, agencies, individuals, facilities, vehicles, and legal authorities involved in enforcement operations. Entries are structured, sourced, and timestamped to support verification, cross-referencing, and long-term analysis. The wiki is intended for use by journalists, researchers, advocates, and the general public.
According to a Facebook post from Blue Lives Matter, efforts to expose anti-ICE doxxers are beginning to bear fruit. The group says it is hearing unconfirmed reports that conservatives who have infiltrated these agitator networks nationwide have taken evidence of their activities to some individuals’ employers, resulting in several firings.
These reports are encouraging. If pro-ICE groups are in fact hacking anti-ICE doxxing sites — and the available evidence strongly suggests they are — this represents a significant blow to a subversive, anti-American movement that has long operated in the shadows.
Until now, these sites have operated with near-total impunity, openly targeting federal agents while facing little in the way of real consequences. That era may finally be coming to an end. A serious federal response sends a clear message: abusing the internet to intimidate, harass, and endanger law enforcement officers is not activism — it is criminal conduct, and it will no longer be tolerated.
[Note: For additional information on this story, @DataRepublican recommended people follow X accounts @astrarce and @bitchuneedsoap.]
One of these accounts responded hilariously to New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s announcement on Wednesday that she was launching a portal to track and report ICE agents operating in her state. Sherrill proudly stated, “We are going to be standing up a portal so people can upload all their cell phone videos and alert people. Like, if you see an ICE agent in the street, get your phone out.” I wrote about this story on Friday.
Below, @bitchuneedsoap humorously replied: “Hi @MikieSherrill, we can’t wait to check out the portal!”
Elizabeth writes commentary for Legal Insurrection and The Washington Examiner. She is an academy fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Please follow Elizabeth on X or LinkedIn.
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