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Black-hat criminal hacker group
ShinyHunters is a black-hat criminal hacker and extortion group that has been active since 2019 and is said to have been involved in a significant number of data breaches.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the United States Department of Justice, the FBI is a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and reports to both the attorney general and the director of national intelligence. A leading American counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization, the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes.
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Read more about EXCLUSIVE-ShinyHunters hacker in FBI data theft detained in Jordan, cooperating with bureau, sources say on Devdiscourse.
By Jana Winter, Raphael Satter and AJ VicensA suspected member of the ShinyHunters hacking group, which says it stole data on every FBI employee, was detained in Jordan this week and is cooperating with the FBI, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.Saif al-Din Khader was detained by J…
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