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Work to detect and block foreign intelligence collection, including protecting the identities and movements of personnel who operate covertly.
Pentagon officials are telling 2.8 million living people that hackers took their personnel records, occupational specialty included. At least 1.5 million of them are not on active duty, so the exposure reaches well beyond the active force a month after a similar FBI breach.
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ShinyHunters claims data on almost every FBI agent, and samples reviewed by researchers show contact information, family details and duty assignments. The FBI has not confirmed what was taken or who took it, and says it is investigating.
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ShinyHunters told 404 Media it will never publish its FBI haul, which it claims is 2 to 3 terabytes covering all employees and applicants. Keeping the files unpublished limits public exposure, but agents' home addresses, spouses' names and medical records are still with the group.
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ShinyHunters says the two to three terabytes it took from the FBI include psychiatric and medical evaluations of bureau staff. Beside a Reuters sample tying named staff to counterintelligence jobs, those files are exposure no password reset can fix.
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The group says it holds two to three terabytes of FBI employee records and will publish them unless the bureau pulls language from a May 15 public service announcement about its tactics. The FBI says it is investigating.
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The group told 404 Media it reached apply.fbijobs.gov through Oracle's PeopleSoft, and the FBI says the point of breach is still undetermined. Three of the bureau's recruiting pages have been serving error screens.
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