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Tech News
Jordanian authorities detained a suspected member of the ShinyHunters hacking group this month, following the gang's unverified claim that it stole data on nearly all FBI employees and applicants via a third-party jobs portal, which it also defaced. The suspect is reportedly cooperating with investigators, and the arrest follows a Dutch-FBI operation last month that netted another alleged member of the group.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest of another suspected ShinyHunters co-conspirator linked to the breach of the FBIjobs.gov platform. The New York Times identified the suspect as a Canadian citizen arrested in Pennsylvania, described as a primary participant in the intrusion, though the FBI has not released his name or charges. This marks the second arrest in days connected to the group behind the hack.
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.