ShinyHunters claims it used an Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to hack FBI-related services and steal employee and applicant data; it also defaced the FBI jobs site (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

The digital extortion group ShinyHunters claims to have breached the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and stolen data on thousands of FBI employees and job applicants. According to TechCrunch, the hackers say they used an Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to breach an Oracle PeopleSoft server, often used by human resources and recruiters to store job applicants' personal information, then pivoted to breach an Amazon-hosted government cloud storing the agents and applicants' data.

The stolen data includes names, home addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses. A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes this information. The hackers claim to have taken terabytes of data.

ShinyHunters told 404 Media that their hack is "not financially motivated," and are demanding that the FBI remove a report that they say contains false allegations about the group. The group also defaced the FBI jobs site.

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