FBI investigates claimed personnel-data theft as jobs site becomes inaccessible
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The FBI is investigating ShinyHunters’ claim to have stolen personnel data. The alleged scope of thousands of current and former employees remains unconfirmed, while the jobs site was reportedly inaccessible.
An investigation while the jobs site is inaccessible
ShinyHunters claimed it accessed data through a previously unknown flaw in Oracle PeopleSoft, human-resources and financial-management software, and said the data concerned thousands of current and former FBI employees. The report says the FBI began investigating, said the breach point remained undetermined, and warned personnel to take protective steps. The group also set a one-week demand concerning an FBI advisory about it.
The report does not establish an earlier condition for the FBI jobs site or the alleged data exposure.
The FBI is now investigating ShinyHunters’ claims, while FBIJobs.gov was reported inaccessible during the response.
The reported episode combines a claimed exposure of sensitive personnel information with an active FBI response and an unavailable agency recruitment site. The asserted vulnerability and the scale and contents of the alleged data remain unconfirmed.
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