Hackers claim FBI medical data theft

Cyber-criminals say they have stolen fitness-for-work medical examinations from the FBI containing blood and urine test results, doctors' notes and agents' full names and addresses.

Stolen data poses serious risks

Experts warn the breach could leave agents vulnerable to scams, blackmail, targeted attacks and impersonation. Medical records cannot be reset like passwords, making the leak permanent.

“Passwords can be reset if stolen, but medical records cannot, so once this data is out, it stays compromised for good.”

ShinyHunters claims responsibility

The cyber-criminal group ShinyHunters says it breached FBI systems on Monday and posted details on its darknet site. The group has been active since two thousand nineteen.

Unusual extortion demand

Rather than demanding money, ShinyHunters is seeking a retraction of an FBI advisory published in May, which they claim offended them. The group shared data samples with journalists.

Scale of breach may be larger

Initially thought to affect thirty-eight thousand current FBI employees, hackers now claim to hold sensitive information on around sixty thousand current and former FBI staff members.

Five-day deadline for full release

ShinyHunters says it will publish the full dataset in five days unless the FBI meets its demands. The FBI is investigating whether hackers exploited a vulnerability in an Oracle cloud storage system.