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https://www.newsmax.com/us/shinyhunters-cybercrime-fbi/2026/09/22/id/1270287/

The cybercriminal organization ShinyHunters claimed Tuesday
it breached FBI systems and stole sensitive personal
information belonging to all of the bureau's employees and
applicants.

The FBI confirmed to Newsmax that it is investigating the
claims.

"The FBI is aware of claims regarding unauthorized activity
affecting FBIjobs.gov and is currently investigating," the
FBI National Press Office said in a statement.

Technology outlet 404 Media reported Tuesday that a
ShinyHunters representative provided it with a sample
of approximately 5,000 records purportedly belonging
to people connected to the FBI.

The records appeared to contain personal data, including
addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth. In some
cases, they also included information about spouses.

"We hacked the FBI. We hold data on all FBI employees
and applicants," the ShinyHunters representative told
404 Media. The representative said the hack occurred
Monday night.

The outlet reported that it checked some of the sample
phone numbers using the open-source intelligence tool
OSINT Industries and found that some corresponded to
people with the same names listed in the sample.

. . .

Top tech orgs get badly hacked, and now top govt
orgs that supposedly guard us are also badly
hacked. In short there's always a way around ...
traditional hacking, AI assisted hacking and, of
course, the good old 'insiders'.

The days of online-everything are just OVER. There
is clearly no defense. Everything 'you' can just
be stolen and abused to the max by a bunch of ]
little somebodies (perhaps with backdoor govt
funding).

Offer some 12-year-old hackers a little money,
shiny baubles and teenie-hooker pussy and they
will maniacally work themselves to death finding
ways into target systems. Russia knows, China
knows, Iran knows, NK knows. The teens are not
much vested in their countries/systems, so they
don't care what damage is done.

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From Newsgroup: alt.politics.usa

c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote in news:sTydndKsO5843i73nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com:

https://www.newsmax.com/us/shinyhunters-cybercrime-

fbi/2026/09/22/id/12

70287/

The cybercriminal organization ShinyHunters claimed Tuesday
it breached FBI systems and stole sensitive personal
information belonging to all of the bureau's employees and
applicants.

The FBI confirmed to Newsmax that it is investigating the
claims.

"The FBI is aware of claims regarding unauthorized activity
affecting FBIjobs.gov and is currently investigating," the
FBI National Press Office said in a statement.

Technology outlet 404 Media reported Tuesday that a
ShinyHunters representative provided it with a sample
of approximately 5,000 records purportedly belonging
to people connected to the FBI.

The records appeared to contain personal data, including
addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth. In some
cases, they also included information about spouses.

"We hacked the FBI. We hold data on all FBI employees
and applicants," the ShinyHunters representative told
404 Media. The representative said the hack occurred
Monday night.

The outlet reported that it checked some of the sample
phone numbers using the open-source intelligence tool
OSINT Industries and found that some corresponded to
people with the same names listed in the sample.

. . .

Top tech orgs get badly hacked, and now top govt
orgs that supposedly guard us are also badly
hacked. In short there's always a way around ...
traditional hacking, AI assisted hacking and, of
course, the good old 'insiders'.

The days of online-everything are just OVER. There
is clearly no defense. Everything 'you' can just
be stolen and abused to the max by a bunch of ]
little somebodies (perhaps with backdoor govt
funding).

Offer some 12-year-old hackers a little money,
shiny baubles and teenie-hooker pussy and they
will maniacally work themselves to death finding
ways into target systems. Russia knows, China
knows, Iran knows, NK knows. The teens are not
much vested in their countries/systems, so they
don't care what damage is done.

Don't hire Indian technology workers. What they don't steal, they
mismanage or misconfigure. Don't hire ANYBODY from Tech Mahindra.

Don't expose sensitive systems to the Internet, simple as that.
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From Newsgroup: alt.politics.usa

Miami <blue-state@shitholes.com> wrote in news:20260923.134035.bcc65f95 @msgid.frell.theremailer.net:

c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote in news:sTydndKsO5843i73nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com:

https://www.newsmax.com/us/shinyhunters-cybercrime-

fbi/2026/09/22/id/12

70287/

The cybercriminal organization ShinyHunters claimed Tuesday
it breached FBI systems and stole sensitive personal
information belonging to all of the bureau's employees and
applicants.

The FBI confirmed to Newsmax that it is investigating the
claims.

"The FBI is aware of claims regarding unauthorized activity
affecting FBIjobs.gov and is currently investigating," the
FBI National Press Office said in a statement.

Technology outlet 404 Media reported Tuesday that a
ShinyHunters representative provided it with a sample
of approximately 5,000 records purportedly belonging
to people connected to the FBI.

The records appeared to contain personal data, including
addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth. In some
cases, they also included information about spouses.

"We hacked the FBI. We hold data on all FBI employees
and applicants," the ShinyHunters representative told
404 Media. The representative said the hack occurred
Monday night.

The outlet reported that it checked some of the sample
phone numbers using the open-source intelligence tool
OSINT Industries and found that some corresponded to
people with the same names listed in the sample.

. . .

Top tech orgs get badly hacked, and now top govt
orgs that supposedly guard us are also badly
hacked. In short there's always a way around ...
traditional hacking, AI assisted hacking and, of
course, the good old 'insiders'.

The days of online-everything are just OVER. There
is clearly no defense. Everything 'you' can just
be stolen and abused to the max by a bunch of ]
little somebodies (perhaps with backdoor govt
funding).

Offer some 12-year-old hackers a little money,
shiny baubles and teenie-hooker pussy and they
will maniacally work themselves to death finding
ways into target systems. Russia knows, China
knows, Iran knows, NK knows. The teens are not
much vested in their countries/systems, so they
don't care what damage is done.

Don't hire Indian technology workers. What they don't steal, they
mismanage or misconfigure. Don't hire ANYBODY from Tech Mahindra.

Don't expose sensitive systems to the Internet, simple as that.

Just trying calling tech support and
getting someone NOT in an Indian call center.

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On Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:29:56 +0000, Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com> pretending to be Spammy, posted some news:

Just trying calling tech support and
getting someone NOT in an Indian call center.

I get Mexico sometimes.
--
Another weird week..

Kennedy Sinner Edition

<https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k17NNkygq_4>

"embrace the suck".
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On 9/23/26 07:40, Miami wrote:

c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote in news:sTydndKsO5843i73nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com:

https://www.newsmax.com/us/shinyhunters-cybercrime-

fbi/2026/09/22/id/12

70287/

The cybercriminal organization ShinyHunters claimed Tuesday
it breached FBI systems and stole sensitive personal
information belonging to all of the bureau's employees and
applicants.

The FBI confirmed to Newsmax that it is investigating the
claims.

"The FBI is aware of claims regarding unauthorized activity
affecting FBIjobs.gov and is currently investigating," the
FBI National Press Office said in a statement.

Technology outlet 404 Media reported Tuesday that a
ShinyHunters representative provided it with a sample
of approximately 5,000 records purportedly belonging
to people connected to the FBI.

The records appeared to contain personal data, including
addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth. In some
cases, they also included information about spouses.

"We hacked the FBI. We hold data on all FBI employees
and applicants," the ShinyHunters representative told
404 Media. The representative said the hack occurred
Monday night.

The outlet reported that it checked some of the sample
phone numbers using the open-source intelligence tool
OSINT Industries and found that some corresponded to
people with the same names listed in the sample.

. . .

Top tech orgs get badly hacked, and now top govt
orgs that supposedly guard us are also badly
hacked. In short there's always a way around ...
traditional hacking, AI assisted hacking and, of
course, the good old 'insiders'.

The days of online-everything are just OVER. There
is clearly no defense. Everything 'you' can just
be stolen and abused to the max by a bunch of ]
little somebodies (perhaps with backdoor govt
funding).

Offer some 12-year-old hackers a little money,
shiny baubles and teenie-hooker pussy and they
will maniacally work themselves to death finding
ways into target systems. Russia knows, China
knows, Iran knows, NK knows. The teens are not
much vested in their countries/systems, so they
don't care what damage is done.

Don't hire Indian technology workers. What they don't steal, they
mismanage or misconfigure. Don't hire ANYBODY from Tech Mahindra.

Ummm ... sounds a bit 'racist' ....

As for the quality of Mahindra techs in particular,
can't say, don't own any Mahindra equipment.

Don't expose sensitive systems to the Internet, simple as that.

But, these days, they can't DO much of anything if
they're not connected. It'd be back to before the
Atari800 dial-up bulletin-board systems. BIZ/MIL
mainframes connected internationally since WAY
back - albeit at horribly slow speeds. Find an
old DEC-VMS manual, interconnection was already
a big thing. However, early on, it wasn't ARPA-Net,
now THE Net, but proprietary kinda point-2-point
solutions.

For the moment, consider China/Russia/NK/Iran the
primary serious threats. They put in the effort,
recruit talent far and wide. China and Russia
have "AI" for attacks now. Both can also recruit
"insiders" - Trojan Horse employees - who are
likely the best resource of all.

Oh, plenty of offices, people keep accts/passwords
on Paste-Its stuck all over the place because humans
can only remember SO many little details. Even a
Trojan Janitor can grab gobs of stuff. What ?
password books locked in office safes ? Sorry,
ain't happening, WAY too inefficient - people
can't work that way. And yea, even biometrics can
be captured, then faked, kinda cheap. DNA ?
modern CRISPR tech and related can build up the
target genetic segments, from a skin flake or
hair, pretty quick now. Then they'll sell the
exact info to many others.

It's a problem.

A fatal problem for online commerce/control as
we've known it.

Hmm ... a company I use ... they just added some
weird kind of 'captcha' where you're supposed to
predict the shadows of some drawing. Sometimes
it's not very clear. I'm 70-ish and don't SEE
patterns and fine stuff as well as I used to.

Suggests spoofing has made traditional 2FA
kind of iffy.

Might be some Disabilities Act lawsuits.

There is also the 'audio challenge' that's composed
of animal-like screeches, some apparently from some
beasties I've never heard before. Could barely make
out a synthetic lion roar.

Next they'll want the reprise lyric meaning from
some popular Namibian song ...

And the AIs will be taught to solve both these
pattern problems within a few months.

At least it's not "click on bicycles" in a half
inch image I can't really see anymore ... I'd
need a huge screen at 4K/8K rez !

Only fix I can see is that you physically GO to
some company sales-office or certified agent and
be given a code number or series thereof ON PAPER
to be used as the 2FA. Use code, scratch out, use
the next code. Medicare/SSA can do something like
this now - but you download a file, which could
be intercepted.

But "go too" - NOT always an option for older
and/or disabled people.

Maybe we're back to literal mail-order with
an enclosed paper money order or equiv. Many
commercial empires will implode overnight.
Or hey, GO to stores and pay IN CASH. Ok if
yer buying cheap stuff, but get $10k in cash
from yer bank and they're gonna get very nervous.
Also means hiring a lot more HUMANS to verify
that buyers are also human - expensive !

Sorry, think we've reached the Can't Get There
From Here point. Didn't take long, did it ?

Whomever invents the New Way will become very
very wealthy - assuming there IS a "New Way".
Otherwise, well, it's Sears Catalog forever.

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