ShinyHunters Taunts FBI With Claimed 3TB Data Theft Of Agent Records
A notorious extortion group claims to have pulled off one of the most audacious cyberattacks in recent memory by allegedly breaching the Federal Bureau of Investigation and stealing about 3TB worth of records belonging to thousands of current and former employees.
The hacking collective, known as ShinyHunters (the same group that was recently linked to a Spectrum data breach), announced on its dark web leak site that it gained access to multiple bureau services, including recruitment portals, human resources infrastructure, and criminal justice databases. The group asserted that it managed to extract between 2-3TB of sensitive data covering nearly every FBI agent, as well as everyday individuals who submitted employment applications to the agency.
To back its claims, the syndicate provided 404 Mediaa sample file containing PIIs for approximately 5,000 personnel, detailing full names, home addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, SSNs, and records concerning employees' spouses. The...
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