Hackers linked to ShinyHunters claim breach of FBI, theft of employee data
The claim follows Anthropic's disclosure earlier this month that it had caught ShinyHunters-linked hackers attempting to misuse its AI tools.
Hackers associated with the group known as ShinyHunters say they breached the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and stole data on bureau employees, according to CNBC.
The claim comes weeks after AI company Anthropic disclosed earlier this month that it had caught ShinyHunters-linked hackers attempting to use its artificial intelligence tools, according to CNBC's report.
Unverified claim
CNBC's report presents the assertion as a claim made by the hackers themselves, and does not indicate that the FBI has confirmed a breach occurred or verified the authenticity of any stolen data. The bureau's response to the specific allegation was not detailed in the report.
ShinyHunters has been linked in prior reporting to a series of data breaches and extortion campaigns targeting various organizations, though the specifics of this claimed intrusion into the FBI's systems have not been independently verified as of the report.
CNBC's report did not specify what particular data on bureau employees the hackers claim to have obtained or how it was allegedly extracted.
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