Hacking group composed of former FBI employees and contractors claims it stole 2–3 terabytes of FBI data, including sensitive information on thousands of current and former employees.
A leaked sample reportedly contains personal details and job assignments, including work involving Chinese and Russian intelligence and drug cartels.
The FBI says it is actively investigating the alleged breach, while Reuters independently verified details for more than 22 individuals.
it's a statistically significant sample. it's good that they gave us the count, because if the info were fake you'd expect at least 1/22 to be a dud. If they just said "we independently verified some individuals" without giving the count, you might suspect they only turned over data on a handful of FBI agents, not [more than] twenty-fucking-two
‼️ BREAKING: The FBI hack exposed members of the Bureau's own secretive hacking team, leaving their addresses, phone numbers and in some cases their spouses' names in the stolen data.
Three entries in the list of 5,000 alleged FBI officials that ShinyHunters shared with media mention the Remote Operations Unit, which builds exploits and tools to break into targets' devices.