This Week in Security: ShinyHunters Won’t Dox the FBI, Pentagon Data Stolen, and OBS Vulnerable
This Week In Security: ShinyHunters Won’t Dox The FBI, Pentagon Data Stolen, And OBS Vulnerable 2 Comments by: Mike Kershaw October 2, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy 404 Media reports that the ShinyHunters group who stole multiple terabytes of FBI employee data say they do not plan to release the data. The hacker group took exception to an FBI press release that claimed that the group over-stated stolen data and that they directly harass victims and victim’s families. The group publicized the FBI data breach, demanding a retraction of the statements, and it was generally assumed that the group would follow their typical methods of releasing the data publicly if the demands were not met.
- ▪This Week In Security: ShinyHunters Won’t Dox The FBI, Pentagon Data Stolen, And OBS Vulnerable 2 Comments by: Mike Kershaw October 2, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy 404 Media reports that the ShinyHunters group who stole multiple teraby
- ▪The hacker group took exception to an FBI press release that claimed that the group over-stated stolen data and that they directly harass victims and victim’s families.
- ▪The group publicized the FBI data breach, demanding a retraction of the statements, and it was generally assumed that the group would follow their typical methods of releasing the data publicly if the demands were not met.
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This Week In Security: ShinyHunters Won’t Dox The FBI, Pentagon Data Stolen, And OBS Vulnerable 2 Comments by: Mike Kershaw October 2, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy 404 Media reports that the ShinyHunters group who stole multiple terabytes of FBI employee data say they do not plan to release the data. Known for ransomware and extortion of innumerable companies and government agencies, ShinyHunters used a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft to compromise the employment site of the FBI and pivot into scraping the content of FBI AWS instances, claiming to have the full employment and health data of all FBI agents, employees, and spouses.
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