A high profile hacking group claims it has breached multiple FBI-related services and stolen data “on all FBI employees and applicants.” A representative of the group, called ShinyHunters, told 404 Media the data includes FBI agents’ names, home addresses, phone number, and information on their spouse.
The data breach could be massively significant and may have all sorts of national security and counterintelligence implications. Criminals from the same ecosystem as ShinyHunters have previously used hacked data like phone records to track, intimidate, and harass the FBI agents investigating them. The highly sensitive data could also be a boon to foreign intelligence agencies who want to better understand how one of the most important law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the U.S. operates. And if the data fell into the hands of more criminals, FBI agents and their spouses could face serious threats to their safety.
“We hacked the FBI. We hold data on all FBI employees and applicants,” the representative of the group told 404 Media.
The representative provided 404 Media with a sample appearing to contain the personal data of 5,000 FBI employees. That data included an alleged address, phone number, date of birth, and in some cases details on their spouse.
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- 404found@lemmy.zipEnglish1 day
The government needs to provide all FBI employees with 1 free year of credit monitoring. That free year is the resolution I’ve seen from the corporations that were hacked. Remember when a couple credit bureaus were hack multiple times and they provided this? The FBI should also provide compensation for the hack if employees sign up in time. Usually you get like $20 for the data leak.
- muffedtrims@lemmy.worldEnglish1 day
Then years later they can claim the $4 check from the settled class action lawsuit
- gibmiser@lemmy.worldEnglish1 day
Maybe if our justice system actually punished people, things would be different
- darthsundhaft@piefed.socialEnglish1 day
Before they leak it, they should coerce the FBI to leak the Epstein Files and then leak the FBI stuff anyway. Would be hilarious. We be top tier.
- 1 day
Turns out firing all the experts and replacing them with incompetent sycophants has consequences
1 dayProve it. List which ones are into beastiality. I want see just how big Kash Patel’s eyes can pop when he has to explain it.
Weirdly, this is the most normal he’s ever really looked, even with the external eyeballs. Never realized just how big of an impact those bugeyes have.
Judging by their past work, this group is probably bluffing in an attempt to extort easy marks.
- thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish1 day
It’s a real shame the feds don’t hire the nerds who might’ve prevented this. The tl;dr is hiring freezes, reinstated fitness tests, and drug usage disqualifications put cops behind computers, not IT. Who saw that coming.
- 1 day
Smoking the Devil’s lettuce? GTFO. Into fucking dogs? You’re hired!
- FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish1 day
How is this the one photo where he doesn’t look like he’s holding in a massive shit?
Dogs really are the best.
- Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish1 day
To me he always looks like he got caught masturbating to horse porn by his parents. I’m amazed he managed to take a decent photo as well.
- Kirp123@lemmy.worldEnglish1 day
Right? They’re gonna relax the standards for dog fuckers but not for weed?
Meh, these are the same fucks who breached the Canvas backend and held student data for ransom. I don’t care if they target a government agency I don’t like - they’re just another bunch of assholes out to make a profit.
- 1 day
" don’t care if they target a government agency I don’t like" - you should. This opens all of them up to blackmail and worse by foreign govts. Massive problem for both you, me, and everyone else. The first Tom cruise mission impossible movie was about this very same thing except it was the CIA.
Don’t take a fragment of a sentence out of context to make me say something I didn’t. What I said was that even if they attack someone I don’t like, I still won’t celebrate it because I know what their motivation is.
- 1 day
What you said was “I don’t care if they target a government agency I don’t like - they’re just another bunch of assholes out to make a profit.” not “even if they attack someone I don’t like, I still won’t celebrate it because I know what their motivation is.”.
In or out of context, "I don’t care if they target a government agency I don’t like"means the exact same thing. It’s a stand alone statement not impacted by your second sentence.
Your rephrasing makes more sense and the two parts of your sentence can not be separated without changing the meaning.
- MonaySimpson@lemmy.mlEnglish1 day
By everyone do you mean in the globe, or is everyone limited to America.
- GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish1 day
we had couch fucker, and now we have bear fucker.
get these two a room with a nice couch and rug and they’ll have a blast.
- jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish1 day
We already knew that.
Is this related to the hack? (Is it the spouse part?)
It would make sense if the dog fuckers and dog killers were at odds with each other.
Who are the dog fuckers and who stole from their employers or hired prostitutes?
- 1 day
This kinda sounds like the last GRDS hack maybe? Would need some proof to even say if this is new.
Truly a service to humanity, if they assure the information is “used for good”, whatever the hell that means.
