Hackers claim breach of all FBI employee data
The gist
ShinyHunters says it breached the FBI and holds data on all FBI employees and applicants.
The FBI has not commented; the group says the hack is not financially motivated.
How it unfolded
- Sep 22, 2026ShinyHunters says it breached the FBI and claims to have stolen data on thousands of FBI employees; the FBI does not reply to repeated messages seeking comment.
- Sep 22, 2026A ShinyHunters representative tells 404 Media, "We hacked the FBI. We hold data on all FBI employees and applicants," and provides a sample appearing to contain personal data of 5,000 FBI employees, including an alleged address, phone number, date of birth and in some cases spouse details.
- Sep 22, 2026404 Media checks some sample phone numbers through OSINT Industries and finds they correspond to people with the same names listed in the sample file; it also searches some records through the Darkside tool.