ShinyHunters reportedly defaces FBI recruitment website; FBI takes it offline for maintenance
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According to @im23pds, after ShinyHunters defaced the FBI recruitment website, the FBI took it offline and displayed “Under maintenance.”
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ShinyHunters reportedly defaces FBI recruitment website; FBI subsequently takes it offline for maintenance
PANews reported on September 23 that SlowMist CISO @im23pds disclosed in a post on X that the hacking group ShinyHunters defaced the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recruitment website apply.fbijobs[.]gov on the night of September 21. The page was replaced with a message stating, “This site has been taken over by ShinyHunters.” The FBI subsequently took the website offline, where it displayed “Under maintenance.”
PANews said that SlowMist CISO @im23pds disclosed the matter in a post on X.
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The original article stated that the hacking group ShinyHunters defaced the FBI recruitment website apply.fbijobs[.]gov on the night of September 21.
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The original article stated that the website page was replaced with a message saying, “This site has been taken over by ShinyHunters.”
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The original article stated that the FBI subsequently took the website offline, and it displayed “Under maintenance.”
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The report says that ShinyHunters changed the content of the FBI recruitment website’s page, after which the website was closed and entered maintenance mode.
Why it matters to readers
Defacement of a recruitment website may affect visitors’ ability to assess the authenticity and security of its content, and indicates that the website was unable to provide normal service at that time.
When visiting a website experiencing abnormal activity, do not submit personal information or click suspicious content; wait for the website to be restored and confirm its status through trusted channels.
Risks and unknowns
The original article only relays @im23pds’s statement and does not provide a direct statement from the FBI or ShinyHunters.
The original article does not confirm how the website was defaced, whether a data breach occurred, or whether there were other impacts.
The original article states only “the night of September 21” and does not specify the year or time zone.
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