The digital extortion group known as “ShinyHunters” said on Tuesday that it had breached the Federal Bureau of Investigation and stolen data on a huge number of current and former FBI employees. The bureau did not respond to repeated messages seeking comment on Tuesday.
In a statement posted to its dark-web site and during an online chat with Reuters, ShinyHunters said it had targeted the FBI in response to a May 2026 agency announcement that detailed ShinyHunters’ methods and advised targets not to pay. It said it had stolen data “on almost ALL FBI Agents, and individuals who filed an application with the FBI for a job.”
As proof, the group offered what it said was a screenshot of a vandalized FBI job site and what it described as a small sample of its stolen data.
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Source: CNBC News
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