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The FBI confirmed Wednesday that it’s investigating the claims.
ShinyHunters claims FBI hack
What we know:
The hacking group known as ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for the alleged breach and cyberattack on the fbijobs.gov website. The FBI jobs website The website was still down as of Thursday afternoon.
What they're saying:
"We have compromised the FBI. We hold very sensitive data on almost ALL FBI Agents and individuals who filed an application with the FBI for a job," the ShinyHunters said in a message to FBI Director Kash Patel and Brett Leatherman, the assistant director in charge of the bureau’s cyber division.
FILE: The FBI is investigating claims that a criminal hacking group has stolen "very sensitive data" from FBI agents and applicants. (Ronaldo Bolaños / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
What we don't know:
It’s still not clear whether their claims are true. The FBI says the "point of breach" is still undetermined.
"The FBI is aware of a cyber-criminal enterprise group claiming a compromise of the FBIJobs.gov portal and alleged impact to FBI employee personally identifiable information," the FBI said in a statement. "While the point of breach is still undetermined—whether a third-party or the FBI’s enterprise—we are actively and aggressively investigating this matter and working closely with those third-party providers that support fbijobs.gov to mitigate any and all risk."
Miriam Wugmeister, a lawyer specializing in data, privacy and cybercrime, said based on the group’s past practices, it’s likely they were able to compromise the FBI’s website.
Why did ShinyHunters hack the FBI?
Dig deeper:
In its message, ShinyHunters said the attack is in retaliation for an FBI advisory issued in May.
That advisory characterized ShinyHunters as "threat actors" who often "use their real or exaggerated claims of access to sensitive or personal information to prompt payment from victims," commonly harass or threaten victims and "may falsely claim to have sensitive or compromising information, including embarrassing photographs or videos of victims, which frequently do not exist."
ShinyHunters said it was "offended" by those characterizations and demanded that the FBI take it down.
"This is not a ransom, coercion, or extortion. Your federal policies do not apply here. This PSA is NOT financially motivated," the message said.
What's next:
The group didn’t say what would happen if the FBI did not do so within a week.
How serious is the data breach?
Why you should care:
The data accessed is the kind of personal information routinely accessed during a breach, but this particular breach could leave agents and their families vulnerable to extortion, swatting and other harassment, Wugmeister said. The hackers reportedly accessed spouses’ identities, too.
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"Even if the agents and the analysts and the employees are sophisticated, you worry about their families," she told The Associated Press.
Previous FBI cyberattacks
The backstory:
It’s not the first time the FBI has been hacked.
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In March, the FBI said it was investigating "suspicious activities" on an internal system that contains sensitive information on surveillance operations and investigations. The same month, a pro-Iranian hacking group claimed to have hacked one of Patel’s accounts. They shared old pictures of Patel and other personal documents from more than 10 years ago.
The Source: This report includes information from the FBI and The Associated Press.