{
  "id": 9286911,
  "title": "ShinyHunters Claims FBI Breach, Says It Stole Data on Agents and Job Applicants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/shinyhunters-claims-fbi-breach-says-it-stole-data-on-agents-and-job",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-23T05:30:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/shinyhunters-claims-fbi-breach-says-it.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The cyber extortion group known as ShinyHunters on Tuesday claimed it had breached the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and stolen data belonging to current and former employees at the agency. \"We have compromised the FBI. We hold very sensitive data on almost ALL FBI Agents and individuals who filed an application with the FBI for a job,\" the group said in a statement posted on their dark",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Register",
        "title": "ShinyHunters claims FBI hack: 'This is NOT financially motivated'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/shinyhunters-claims-fbi-hack-this-is-not-financially-motivated",
        "published": "2026-09-22T17:24:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "ShinyHunters claims it stole FBI employee data. Here’s what we know.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/shinyhunters-claims-it-stole-fbi-employee-data-heres-what-we-know",
        "published": "2026-09-22T21:39:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}