ShinyHunters claims attack on FBI exposes almost all agents
Brief
The FBI is investigating an attack on its own systems after ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the incident, putting the prolific cybercrime group in the most direct conflict yet with agents responsible for investigating data extortion attacks.
The Monday breach, first reported by 404 Media , allowed ShinyHunters to temporarily deface the FBI jobs site. The group claimed it stole “very sensitive data on almost all FBI agents and individuals who filed an application with the FBI for a job,” in a lengthy post on its data-leak site.
“The FBI is aware of claims regarding unauthorized activity affecting FBIjobs.gov and is currently investigating,” a spokesperson for the agency said in a statement.
An alert on the FBI jobs site notes that apply. fbijobs. gov and the Special Agent Application Portal are currently unavailable.