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FBI arrests cybersecurity executive in major hack on agents’ data
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By Sean Lyngaas, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The FBI arrested a Canadian cybersecurity executive and ransomware expert as part of the investigation of a damaging hack that exposed the sensitive data of current and former FBI employees, according to court documents and people familiar the investigation.
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The FBI has arrested multiple suspects tied to a September hacking operation that targeted the bureau itself, allegedly perpetrated by the notorious hacking group known as ShinyHunters.
The FBI has arrested an accused co-conspirator of a criminal hacking group that said last month that it had breached the bureau’s jobs portal and obtained sensitive and personal data on nearly all employees of the law enforcement agency, Director Kash Patel said Friday.
The FBI this week arrested another individual suspected of being connected to ShinyHunters, the cybercriminal group that hacked the bureau's job website, FBI Director Kash Patel said.
The FBI has arrested a person believed to have worked with hackers who broke into bureau computer systems, the agency’s top official said Friday, in a cybersecurity incident that’s exposed sensitive information about agency personnel
The FBI has arrested another suspected member of the ShinyHunters extortion group believed to be involved in the recent breach of FBI systems, Director Kash Patel announced Friday. [...]
By Sean Lyngaas, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The FBI arrested a man in Pennsylvania who officials believe helped orchestrate a recent damaging hack that exposed sensitive data of current and former FBI personnel, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
By Sean Lyngaas, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The FBI arrested a Canadian cybersecurity executive and ransomware expert as part of the investigation of a damaging hack that exposed the sensitive data of current and former FBI employees, according to court documents and people familiar the investigation.
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