Hacked FBI employee data contains sensitive information about intelligence roles
FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular detail about scores of bureau officials’ job assignments, including sensitive work against Chinese spies, Russian intelligence, drug cartels and more, Reuters has found.
ShinyHunters, a notorious hacker group, has infiltrated the FBI's systems and claimed to have stolen over 2 terabytes of sensitive employee data. However, the group is not seeking financial gain, but rather wants the FBI to retract false allegations made in a May PSA. The FBI's jobs website was defaced, displaying ShinyHunters' logo and message, but instead of threatening to release the stolen data, the group has been engaging with the media.
They claim to have accessed data from the PeopleSoft human resource management system, including employees' personal information. ShinyHunters emphasizes that the attack is not financially motivated and that they want the FBI to address and correct the misinformation in their PSA. The FBI has not yet commented on the incident, and it remains unclear whether the group's claims are true or merely an attempt to draw attention away from the zero-day exploit they allegedly exploited to carry out the attack.
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- Hackers hit the FBI — ShinyHunters say they have stolen 2TB of employee data, but the attack isn't looking for money, just an apology techradar.com
- A sample of FBI data allegedly stolen by ShinyHunters includes granular detail on officials' job assignments on China, Russia, cartels, cyber, and other issues (Reuters) reuters.com
