ShinyHunters hackers say they breached FBI
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The digital extortion group known as "ShinyHunters" says it has breached the Federal Bureau of Investigation and claims to have stolen data on thousands of FBI employees.
On September 22, the digital extortion group ShinyHunters claimed to have infiltrated the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and stolen personal data on thousands of agency employees. The bureau did not respond to inquiries regarding the incident. ShinyHunters announced the breach on its dark-web site and during a live chat with Reuters.
They posted a screenshot of a vandalized FBI job site and samples of their stolen data. While Reuters could not confirm the authenticity of the screenshot, the news agency partially verified the accuracy of some of the allegedly stolen FBI personnel information by cross-referencing the names and addresses with credit bureau records and previously breached data.
Out of nine instances, Reuters found a match, although the origin of the data and whether it was taken from the FBI's internal systems remained unclear.
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