The FBI has arrested multiple suspects tied to a September hacking operation that targeted the bureau itself, allegedly perpetrated by the notorious hacking group known as ShinyHunters.
\n\nThe Register reports that an FBI spokesperson stated, “The bureau continues to aggressively investigate the recent cyber incident allegedly involving ShinyHunters, having already worked with partners to arrest multiple subjects and we will spare no resource in bringing each of the responsible individuals to justice.”
\n\nBreitbart News previously reported on the hack of the FBI which ShinyHunters took credit for:
\n\n“We hacked the FBI. We hold data on all FBI employees and applicants,” a representative for the group told 404 Media. The claim came alongside the defacement of apply.fbijobs.gov on Tuesday, which a representative said was carried out Monday night. The FBI jobs site and its Special Agent Applicant Portal were listed as “currently unavailable” at the time of writing, with the site itself displaying the message: “Apply.fbijobs.gov and the Special Agent Applicant Portal are currently unavailable.”
\n\nThe defacement message was styled after a law enforcement seizure notice. It read “this site has been seized by ShinyHunters,” then claimed a far broader compromise than the website alone: “All FBI data was compromised including…
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