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  "title": "FBIJobs.gov breach: ShinyHunters stole FBI staff data, and DOJ employees are now likely affected too · updates",
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  "description": "The ShinyHunters group breached FBIJobs.gov, the FBI's unclassified jobs and background-check portal, and in September 2026 claimed data on nearly all FBI employees. The FBI called it a major cyber incident and says Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, phone numbers and emergency contacts were taken; it is operating as if every employee's data was exposed. The bureau blamed a contractor who failed to install an issued security patch on the third-party-managed platform (Oracle PeopleSoft, run by Accenture, according to Reuters' sources). On Nov 3 2026 POLITICO reported a Justice Department memo warning that employees in U.S. attorney offices were likely affected as well.",
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      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/fbijobs-gov-shinyhunters-breach-fbi-doj-employees-2026#2026-11-03-2b591522",
      "title": "FBIJobs.gov breach: ShinyHunters stole FBI staff data, and DOJ employees are now likely affected too: POLITICO reports a Justice Department memo warning select employees in U.S. attorney offices that their personal data was likely stolen in the same FBIJobs.gov hack, widening the breach beyond FBI staff. DOJ is notifying people as the FBI verifies the data.",
      "content_text": "FBIJobs.gov breach: ShinyHunters stole FBI staff data, and DOJ employees are now likely affected too: POLITICO reports a Justice Department memo warning select employees in U.S. attorney offices that their personal data was likely stolen in the same FBIJobs.gov hack, widening the breach beyond FBI staff. DOJ is notifying people as the FBI verifies the data.\n\nSource: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/03/fbi-hack-department-justice-letter-01146667",
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      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/fbijobs-gov-shinyhunters-breach-fbi-doj-employees-2026#2026-10-06-121741ef",
      "title": "FBIJobs.gov breach: ShinyHunters stole FBI staff data, and DOJ employees are now likely affected too: FBI cyber chief Brett Leatherman says the breach happened because a contractor failed to install a security patch explicitly issued for a third-party-managed platform, and that the contractor was removed. Reuters' sources name the platform as Oracle PeopleSoft and the contractor's employer as Accenture.",
      "content_text": "FBIJobs.gov breach: ShinyHunters stole FBI staff data, and DOJ employees are now likely affected too: FBI cyber chief Brett Leatherman says the breach happened because a contractor failed to install a security patch explicitly issued for a third-party-managed platform, and that the contractor was removed. Reuters' sources name the platform as Oracle PeopleSoft and the contractor's employer as Accenture.\n\nSource: https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-blames-contractors-missed-patch-for-shinyhunters-breach/",
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      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/fbijobs-gov-shinyhunters-breach-fbi-doj-employees-2026#2026-09-25-428263f6",
      "title": "FBIJobs.gov breach: ShinyHunters stole FBI staff data, and DOJ employees are now likely affected too: The FBI notifies Congress that the FBIJobs.gov hack is a major incident; stolen data includes Social Security numbers, birth dates, phone numbers, addresses and emergency contacts used in background checks.",
      "content_text": "FBIJobs.gov breach: ShinyHunters stole FBI staff data, and DOJ employees are now likely affected too: The FBI notifies Congress that the FBIJobs.gov hack is a major incident; stolen data includes Social Security numbers, birth dates, phone numbers, addresses and emergency contacts used in background checks.\n\nSource: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/28/fbi-hack-major-incident-social-security-01096590",
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      "title": "FBIJobs.gov breach: ShinyHunters stole FBI staff data, and DOJ employees are now likely affected too: The ShinyHunters extortion group announces it hacked FBI systems through the FBIJobs.gov jobs portal and claims data on nearly all FBI staff. The FBI determines the same day that the hack is a major cyber incident and sends its first agency-wide email about it.",
      "content_text": "FBIJobs.gov breach: ShinyHunters stole FBI staff data, and DOJ employees are now likely affected too: The ShinyHunters extortion group announces it hacked FBI systems through the FBIJobs.gov jobs portal and claims data on nearly all FBI staff. The FBI determines the same day that the hack is a major cyber incident and sends its first agency-wide email about it.\n\nSource: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/28/fbi-hack-major-incident-social-security-01096590",
      "date_published": "2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z",
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