ShinyHunters hackers say they breached FBI
ShinyHunters said in a statement posted to its dark-web site and during an online chat with Reuters that it targeted the FBI in response to a May 2026 agency announcement that detailed ShinyHunters’ methods and advised targets not to pay
The cybersecurity group ShinyHunters has claimed to have infiltrated the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States, alleging the theft of sensitive data belonging to thousands of FBI personnel. The bureau has not yet responded to inquiries regarding this matter. According to a statement released by ShinyHunters, the hackers targeted the FBI following the agency's May 2026 announcement detailing their hacking techniques and cautioning potential targets against making payments.
ShinyHunters shared a screenshot of a vandalized FBI job site and samples of stolen data through an online chat with Reuters. While Reuters was unable to confirm the authenticity of the screenshot, it partially validated some of the allegedly stolen FBI personnel information by cross-referencing the names and addresses with credit bureau records and data preserved by the dark-web intelligence firm District 4 Labs.
In nine instances, the verification process found a match. However, the news agency remains uncertain about the origin of the data and its source, as well as whether it was stolen from the FBI's internal systems as claimed by the hackers.
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