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Dutch authorities have arrested a man identified as Van der Stap as part of an investigation into the Shiny Hunters hacking group, according to KrebsOnSecurity. Van der Stap had previously served prison time for data theft and extortion and had publicly rebranded himself as a reformed hacker working in offensive security.
A hacking group calling itself ShinyHunters defaced the FBI's jobs recruitment website and claims to possess home addresses of FBI agents. The group has demanded that the bureau retract a warning it issued in May about ShinyHunters, giving the FBI a one-week deadline.
Hacking group ShinyHunters says it breached FBI systems and stole personal data on thousands of agents and job applicants, including names, home addresses and phone numbers. 404 Media reported the group first breached an Oracle PeopleSoft HR server before pivoting into an Amazon-hosted government cloud, and the FBI's job application portals appeared defaced and offline. ShinyHunters says the hack is not financially motivated and is demanding the FBI remove a report containing what it calls false allegations about the group.