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ShinyHunters Claims It Breached FBI and Stole Agents' and Applicants' Data

ShinyHunters claims it stole data on thousands of FBI agents and applicants; the FBI did not immediately comment.

AI News Feed · 2026-09-23 04:48

404 Media first reported the breach after receiving a sample of stolen names, home addresses and phone numbers of FBI agents and their spouses, and verifying a portion of the data against public records. The publication said the hackers breached an Oracle PeopleSoft server, often used by human resources and recruiters to store job applicants’ personal information, then moved to an Amazon-hosted government cloud storing the agents’ and applicants’ data.

The hackers told 404 Media they took terabytes of data but did not say what they would do with the information if the FBI does not remove a report they say contains false allegations about the group. ShinyHunters said its hack was “not financially motivated.”

The stolen data could present a major counterintelligence threat, in which hackers and overseas spies use the information to coerce or extort FBI agents and their families into cooperating with a foreign government.

The hackers reportedly defaced the FBI’s jobs site, which showed at the time of publication that the portal was “currently down for maintenance.” The site also said the FBI’s special agent applicant portal was down.

The FBI did not respond to a request for comment about the incident on Tuesday, and ShinyHunters did not respond either.

This is the second known breach of an FBI system this year. Earlier, unidentified hackers broke into one of the agency’s systems for managing real-time wiretaps and foreign intelligence-gathering warrants, which could have identified targets of the agency’s surveillance. Separately, FBI Director Kash Patel also had his personal email account hacked and leaked by an Iran-backed hacking group called Handala in retaliation for U.S.-led strikes against Iran.