Post #4898661 · Elektrine

2026-09-22 17:17 UTC

‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees 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. Archive: ghostarchive.org/archive/TipOt

Replies (10)

@404found@lemmy.zip 2026-09-22 21:57

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.

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@electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2026-09-23 04:09

Release it all please.

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@darthsundhaft@piefed.social 2026-09-22 23:24

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.

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@W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 2026-09-23 04:19

My favorite part is that the exploit was an Oracle issue. The Ellison family sucks.

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@SarahValentine@pawb.social 2026-09-22 18:46

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.

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@Vanth@reddthat.com 2026-09-22 17:33

Prove 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.

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@thesohoriots@lemmy.world 2026-09-22 17:53

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.

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@edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2026-09-22 20:28

Apparently I’m OOTL on some weird Kash Patel shit?

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@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2026-09-23 06:11

I honestly DGAF about the employees, I do care about the internal documents indicating what they’re collecting on innocent parties and sitting on regarding the rich and dirty ones.

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@Kolanaki@pawb.social 2026-09-24 07:10

So… How many of them had engaged in beastiality prior to being hired? 🤔

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