ShinyHunters claims FBI breach was revenge for “false” report
Brief
Extortion group ShinyHunters is not afraid to make enemies. Now it claims to have breached the FBI.
After reportedly taking over ransomware group Clop’s leak site , ShinyHunters says it attacked the FBI to punish the agency for spreading what it calls false information about the group.
In a very long post on its leak site, the group outlines its grievances:
“ PSA – READ THIS NOW
Dear Assistant Director Brett Leatherman of the FBI Cyber Division & Director Kash Patel of the FBI,
During Quarter Two of this year the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) made substantial false allegations regarding our organisation in a FLASH report. We have been severely offended.
We were very disappointed to see an agency of your standing would resort to such circulation of disinformation in an attempt to “disrupt” our operations, an effort that ultimately proved unsuccessful.