The notorious ShinyHunters gang on Tuesday claims to have breached the FBI, compromising multiple systems and agent data – all in apparent retaliation against the law enforcement agency for publishing false allegations about how the hacker group operates.
In a direct email to Cybernews, ShinyHunters revealed new details about the alleged breach, claiming it gained access to FBI systems on Monday night "immediately after discovering a new z-day in Oracle PeopleSoft."
The FBI is aware of claims regarding unauthorized activity affecting FBIjobs.gov and is currently investigating,
the federal agency said in a statement sent to Cybernews Tuesday evening.
A banner appearing on top of the FBI Jobs website states "The Special Agent Applicant Portal are currently unavailable," when Cybernews checked Tuesday evening.
Cybernews has also reached out to Oracle for comment and is awaiting a response.
ShinyHunters posted a lengthy message on its dark leak site early Tuesday, addressed directly to FBI Director Kash Patel and Assistant Director of the FBI Cyber Division Brett Leatherman.
In the 567-word missive, ShinyHunters says it is “severely offended” by the “circulation of disinformation” that apparently was part of an FBI public service announcement (Alert Number: I-051526-PSA) on the gang from earlier this year.
Apparently because of the alleged diss, the seasoned hacker gang decided to hack the federal agency as payback or at least to...
The notorious ShinyHunters gang on Tuesday claims to have breached the FBI, compromising multiple systems and agent data – all in apparent retaliation against the law enforcement agency for publis...