ShinyHunters hackers say they won't leak sensitive FBI data

According to CBC News, ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for stealing data from the FBI, including officials' job assignments, addresses and social security numbers, and gave the agency one week to rescind an unflattering statement about the group.[2]CBC reports that a group representative sent a statement saying they were never planning to release the sensitive data[2]. The statement said: "We have never intended to nor have we ever planned to."[2] The representative said the group "cannot guarantee" what will happen to those samples, "because that is out of our control and certain journalists violated our trust."[2]The group told Nextgov/FCW that "This was all a marketing campaign to protect our business and actively combat disinformation."[3] Nextgov reports that the statement does not say the group has deleted the records.[3]Nextgov also says Reuters reported that records circulated by the hackers included psychiatric and medical evaluations.[3]According to NPR, the FBI cyber division's assistant director, Brett Leatherman, vowed to hunt down the members[4] of the group. He said: "You know how to find us, and we know how to find you."[4]Ian Lin of the cybersecurity firm Packetlabs told CBC News that "There's going to be people that are willing to pay a high price for this data."[5] CBC reports that Lin does not have high hopes ShinyHunters will keep their word.[2]