Hackers Claim They Breached FBI Services, Hold Data on All Employees and Spouses
alexbilz · x · 2026-09-23
404 Media reports that ShinyHunters claims it breached multiple FBI-related services and stole data on all FBI employees and applicants. The group shared a sample of 5,000 alleged employees containing names, home addresses, phone numbers, and in some cases spouses' details.
- The leak poses serious national security and counterintelligence risks: criminals in the same ecosystem have previously used stolen data to track and harass FBI agents investigating them
- Foreign intelligence services could exploit the data to understand how the FBI operates, and agents' safety could be threatened
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