ShinyHunters Website Goes Offline After FBI Deadline Expires
- ShinyHunters' website went offline Wednesday, one day after the hacking group's deadline for the FBI to retract a May advisory expired following claims of stealing data from thousands of agents.
- Dutch National Police arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man, Pepijn van der Stap, on September 28, identified as a cybersecurity lead at Amsterdam-based Neo Security and suspected leader of ShinyHunters.
- The FBI is "actively and aggressively investigating" the breach; ShinyHunters demanded the agency "correct or simply REMOVE" the advisory, claiming it misrepresented the group's tactics and track record.
- FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director Brett Leatherman urged remaining members to contact the agency "while the choice is still yours," warning that arrests and seized infrastructure reveal group identities.
- ShinyHunters denied any association with the arrested man, calling Dutch police "incompetent," while the group has allegedly hacked over 100 organizations including Rockstar Games and Ticketmaster since last year.
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The website of ShinyHunters, the group that claimed responsibility for a recent hack in which personal and sensitive data of thousands of FBI agents was stolen, went offline on Wednesday.
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ShinyHunters website goes offline after FBI deadline expires
Sept 30 : The website used by ShinyHunters, the group that claimed responsibility for a recent hack of thousands of FBI agents' personal and sensitive data, went offline on Wednesday, a day after the group's deadline for the FBI to retract or modify a statement about the group's tactics and track record expired.
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