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FBI arrests suspect linked to ShinyHunters breach of job portal

Federal agents have arrested a suspected co-conspirator of the ShinyHunters group following a breach of the FBI jobs portal that exposed sensitive personnel data.

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The FBI has arrested another suspected member of the ShinyHunters extortion group, according to statements made on social media on October 9 by FBI Director Kash Patel. The Hacker News and BleepingComputer both report that the arrest is linked to a security breach involving the FBI jobs portal, which is hosted on a platform managed by a third-party vendor. [1][2]

The Hacker News reported that the FBI has not publicly named the suspect or released formal charges. The suspect is a Canadian citizen who was taken into custody in Pennsylvania, according to details reported by The New York Times and CBS News. [1]

In September, the ShinyHunters group claimed it had breached the FBI portal and stolen sensitive data containing records on nearly all FBI agents and job applicants, The Hacker News reported. ShinyHunters has been active since 2019 as a cybercrime group involved in numerous data breaches. [1][9]

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In short

  • FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest of a suspected ShinyHunters member on October 9.
  • The suspect is a Canadian citizen arrested in Pennsylvania.
  • The breach targeted the FBI jobs portal hosted by a third-party vendor.
  • ShinyHunters claimed in September to have stolen sensitive data on FBI agents and applicants.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]FBI Arrests Another ShinyHunters Suspect Reportedly Involved in Its Jobs Portal HackThe Hacker News, 8h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]FBI arrests another suspected ShinyHunters hacker after agency breachBleepingComputer, 9h ago
  3. [3]What We Missed: FBI Strikes Back at ShinyHuntersDark Reading, 9h ago
  4. [4]A 16-Year-Old Ransomware Kingpin, FBI Patch Fails, and Leaked Pentagon Records: Another Bad Week in InfosecPCMag, 12h ago
  5. [5]A 16-Year-Old Ransomware Kingpin, FBI Patch Fails, and Leaked Pentagon Records: Another Bad Week in InfosecPCMag Australia, 13h ago
  6. [6]FBI Arrests Suspect Allegedly Tied to ShinyHunters HackersBloomberg.com, 9h ago
  7. [7]FBI arrests another suspect linked to ShinyHunters case, Kash Patel saysThe News International, 10h ago
  8. [8]FBI touts another ShinyHunters arrest in response to data breachThe Record from Recorded Future News, 10h ago

Background

  1. [9]ShinyHunters on Wikipedia
  2. [10].hack//Sign on Wikipedia
  3. [11]Basil Biggs on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 11 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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