ShinyHunters Hacks FBI Jobs Portal, Claims Data on Nearly All FBI Agents

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ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for compromising systems belonging to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with the group defacing an official FBI job application portal and claiming it obtained sensitive information belonging to FBI personnel and people who applied for jobs at the agency.

Hackread.com observed the defacement on September 22, 2026, at apply.fbijobs.gov. Instead of the normal FBI application portal, the site displayed a page carrying the message, “THIS SITE HAS BEEN SEIZED BY SHINYHUNTERS,” along with the group’s branding and a link to its dark web data leak site.

The defacement also contained a message claiming that FBI data had been compromised, including personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) involving current and former FBI employees, as well as information belonging to applicants.

ShinyHunterssubsequently published a longer statement on its data leak site explaining why it says it targeted the FBI and...

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