FBI Arrests Suspect in FBI-Hacking Case

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Summary by Cyber Security News12 Oct 2026, 17:01 CET

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In September, hackers from a group called ShinyHunters announced that they stole a trove of FBI data about its own agents. It was an intelligence disaster. Last week, the FBI arrested (alternate link) someone associated with that crime.

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