InfoSec News Nuggets – 09/23/2026
Brief
ShinyHunters claims FBI hack, data theft in PeopleSoft zero-day breach
The ShinyHunters extortion gang says it broke into FBI systems through a new, unpatched Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day. It claims it then moved into FBI-managed AWS GovCloud infrastructure and took 2 to 3TB of data on current and former employees and job applicants. The group defaced the FBI Jobs site with its logo, and the FBI has confirmed it is investigating “claims regarding unauthorized activity affecting FBIjobs.
gov.” It has not confirmed a breach. ShinyHunters calls the attack retaliation for a May 2026 FBI FLASH report about the group and has given the bureau a week to correct or remove it. It also says it is now using the same PeopleSoft flaw against Fortune 500 companies. None of these claims has been independently verified, so organizations running PeopleSoft should watch closely for an Oracle advisory.