Date: September 22nd, 2026 5:30 PM
Author: cannon
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16152547/Nightmare-Kash-Patel-hackers-steal-data-5-000-FBI-agents-issue-chilling-Trump-threat.html
Nightmare for Kash Patel as hackers 'steal data on EVERY FBI agent'
16:47 EDT 22 Sep 2026, updated 17:13 EDT 22 Sep 2026 By ROSS IBBETSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Kash Patel is facing a major security breach at the FBI after hackers claimed to have stolen personal data on every employee and job applicant at the bureau.
ShinyHunters, a notorious hacking gang, said it obtained FBI agents' names, home addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth, and even details on their spouses.
The gang also defaced the FBI's jobs website on Tuesday, writing: 'This site has been seized by ShinyHunters.' The message mocked the seizure notices the bureau plasters on criminal sites it takes down.
They then trolled Donald Trump, ending the message with the president's trademark Truth Social sign-off: 'Thank you for your attention to this matter.'
One of the hackers issued a menacing threat to the Trump administration in an interview with 404 Media, which first reported the alleged breach.
'What we plan to do is not something I'd call extortion, maybe coercion,' the hacker said of their plans, adding that it was 'not financially motivated.'
The gang typically steals data and then demands ransom, threatening to dump more files if victims refuse to pay.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5906037&forum_id=2#50149935)