The ICE-tracking service says it doesn't store usernames or addresses

ICE-reporting service StopICE has blamed a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent for attacking its app and website and sending users text messages warning them that their information had been "sent to the authorities."

On Friday, users reported receiving text messages from a phone number linked to the anti-ICE alert app, telling them their "information has been compromised and sent to the authorities."

The text message also said that the anti-ICE service's developer, Sherman Austin, "is not to be trusted and is a terrible coder." Meanwhile X users claimed the hackers sent users' names and login information "to a bunch of government agencies."

We have reached out to CPB for comment and will update this story if we hear back.

However, we were able to get in touch with Austin, and he told The Register that none of the attackers' claims are true. "There are a lot of ...