
FBI investigating alleged theft of employee data by hacking group
The hacking group ShinyHunters claims to have stolen data on thousands of FBI employees following a breach of an agency portal.

The hacking group ShinyHunters claims to have stolen data on thousands of FBI employees following a breach of an agency portal.

Investigators are working to confirm the authenticity of a claimed breach as a deadline set by the hacking group ShinyHunters approaches.

The cybercriminal collective says it obtained a large trove of personal data belonging to federal agents, in what researchers call an unusually brazen strike against US law enforcement.

A report from TechCrunch sets out the main available details, with claims kept attributed to their sources.

The claim follows Anthropic's disclosure earlier this month that it had caught ShinyHunters-linked hackers attempting to misuse its AI tools.

The bureau is examining claims by hacking group ShinyHunters that it obtained detailed records on thousands of FBI staff.

The FBI says it is investigating claims that a hacking group accessed sensitive data through FBIjobs.gov, which remained offline on Wednesday.

The ShinyHunters group published thousands of records online after Florida's motor vehicle agency reportedly refused to pay a ransom, according to TechCrunch.