AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - FBI investigating claims that a major cybercrime group stole sensitive personnel data
A notorious cybercrime group is claiming they stole more than 2 terabytes of data that includes detailed personal information about thousands of FBI employees and job applicants. Why it matters: Cybercriminals and state-sponsored attackers have penetrated U.S. IT systems for years, but stealing detailed and sensitive information about FBI employees is brazen, cyber experts told Axios. - Cybercriminals are known to trade leaked information on the dark web, a prospect that would leave the data up for grabs from the highest bidder. Driving the news: ShinyHunters, a group that's broken into numerous institutions, said in a post on its dark-web site Tuesday that it stole "very sensitive data on almost ALL FBI agents and individuals who filed…
A notorious cybercrime group is claiming they stole more than 2 terabytes of data that includes detailed personal information about thousands of FBI employees and job applicants. Why it matters: Cybercriminals and state-sponsored attackers have penetrated U.S. IT systems for years, but stealing detailed and sensitive information about FBI employees is brazen, cyber experts told Axios. - Cybercriminals are known to trade leaked information on the dark web, a prospect that would leave the data up for grabs from the highest bidder. Driving the news: ShinyHunters, a group that's broken into numerous institutions, said in a post on its dark-web site Tuesday that it stole "very sensitive data on almost ALL FBI agents and individuals who filed…Open