⚡️🇺🇸 — The digital extortion group known as ShinyHunters said Tuesday it had breached the FBI and stolen data on a huge number of current and former bureau employees, according to Reuters.

ShinyHunters said it targeted the FBI in response to a May 2026 agency announcement detailing its methods and advising targets not to pay, claiming it stole data "on almost ALL FBI Agents, and individuals who filed an application with the FBI for a job." The bureau did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

As proof, the group offered a screenshot of what it said was a vandalized FBI job site and a small sample of stolen data. Reuters could not verify the screenshot's authenticity, but the job site appeared to have experienced recent disruption, with a message saying it and the "Special Agent Applicant Portal" were "currently unavailable."

➡️ Reuters partially verified some of the allegedly stolen personnel information by running names, postal addresses, and Social Security numbers against credit bureau records and previously breached data preserved by District 4 Labs, finding at least nine cases where the details appeared to match. The news agency could not establish where the data came from or whether it was stolen from FBI internal systems as claimed.

➡️ ShinyHunters is one of the world's most notorious hacking crews, with recent break-ins including the purported theft of millions of business records from Rockstar Games and a May intrusion centered on education tool Canvas that disrupted U.S. schools. Earlier this month, Anthropic said it caught ShinyHunters-linked hackers trying to use its tools. On Sunday, the group told Reuters it had gone to war against rival cybercrime group cl0p.

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