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FBI investigates ShinyHunters' claim of breach exposing data on 38,000 staff

Hacker group ShinyHunters says it stole personal information on roughly 38,000 FBI personnel and job applicants, including names, badge numbers, home addresses and family details, after allegedly exploiting a vulnerability in Oracle cloud storage systems used by the bureau. The FBI has confirmed it is aware of the claim and is investigating, while the BBC says it has seen a small sample of data that appears genuine, and Reuters reports some records reference sensitive assignments involving Chinese and Russian intelligence work and drug cartels.

FBI investigates ShinyHunters' claim of stealing employee data via jobs site bug

Hacker group ShinyHunters claims to have exploited an unknown vulnerability on FBIJobs.gov, taking the site offline and posting a banner declaring it 'seized.' The group told The New York Times it stole two to three terabytes of data including names, addresses, phone numbers, spouse names and medical information of current and former FBI employees and applicants, though none has been leaked yet.