{
  "id": 15614145,
  "title": "Sources: US investigators pursuing ShinyHunters, which stole FBI data, identified executives at two ransomware negotiation firms who had unusually close ties (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/sources-us-investigators-pursuing-shinyhunters-which-stole-fbi-data",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-19T14:35:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/10/feds-suspect-ransom-negotiator-ran-shinyhunters-extortion-site/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "U.S. federal investigators pursuing the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently stole highly sensitive data from the FBI …",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}