FBI Arrests Another ShinyHunters Suspect Reportedly Involved in Its Jobs Portal Hack

The Hacker News · Friday, 9 October 2026 at 17:45 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

The FBI has arrested another suspected co-conspirator of ShinyHunters, FBI Director Kash Patel said on October 9 in a post on X.

ShinyHunters is the extortion group that said in September it had breached the FBI's jobs portal and stolen sensitive data on almost all FBI agents and job applicants. The FBI has not named the suspect, and no charges have been made public.

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