Topic

Counterintelligence

Work to detect and block foreign intelligence collection, including protecting the identities and movements of personnel who operate covertly.

Current clusters

invest1 publisher

ShinyHunters says its FBI haul of up to three terabytes includes staff psychiatric records

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.

Publishers:cryptopolitan.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+20
Incentives60
Confidence40

product1 publisher

ShinyHunters demands an FBI advisory retraction as the price of not leaking staff data

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.

Publishers:nextgov.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption40
Hype gap+35
Incentives72
Confidence42

product1 publisher

ShinyHunters claims an Oracle PeopleSoft exploit opened the FBI's job application portal

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.

Publishers:cnet.com

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption40
Hype gap+32
Incentives72
Confidence55