ShinyHunters hackers say they won't leak sensitive FBI data

CBC News reports that ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for stealing a massive trove of data from the FBI[1], which included officials' job assignments, addresses and social security numbers[1]. CBC says the group gave the law enforcement agency one week to rescind an ⁠unflattering statement about the group.[1]According to CBC, the group's statement read in part: "since the very beginning we had made our decision that we would never publish this data."[1] The group told CBC that its actions were part of a campaign to "combat disinformation" about their tactics.[1] The representative replied that this was "out of our control and certain journalists violated our trust."[1]PCMag reports that a ShinyHunters representative told it, 'We never said we would leak anything'[3]. PCMag also reports that the FBI advisory remains up, and ShinyHunters has deleted its original threats.[3]Ian Lin of Packetlabs told CBC News, "There's going to be people that are willing to pay a high price for this data"[4]. According to CBC, Lin does not have high hopes ShinyHunters will keep their word[4].NPR reports that FBI cyber official Brett Leatherman vowed Tuesday to hunt down the members[5] of the group. NBC News reports that Dutch police arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man suspected of being a ShinyHunters hacker on Sept. 15.[6]