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Hackers claim to have broken into the government’s chief data-collection firm Palantir and here’s what they claim to have found

'Palantir has become the most dangerous company in the world'

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Leo Hohmann
Feb 16, 2026
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On Monday, Feb. 16, it was reported on X that Palantir was allegedly hacked.

Palantir is the premiere data-collection/data-analysis company for the CIA, FBI, DoD, IRS, and ICE, among other three-letter federal agencies. The company’s AI-powered technology is used, for example, to identify and create a dossier on protesters whether they be on the left or the right. It has also been used to create “kill lists” for Israel’s IDF to use against the Palestinians in Gaza and for the Ukrainian military to use against the Russians.

Palantir was reportedly subjected to a hacker attack, during which top-secret information was allegedly obtained.

EA Daily reports that this information will be allegedly transferred to Russia and China, as announced on X Monday by Kim Schmitz (aka Kim Dotcom), a German-Finnish internet entrepreneur who is also a known player in the global hacker community.

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