The FBI has arrested a Canadian man in Pennsylvania suspected of playing a key role in the ShinyHunters cyberattack that stole sensitive data on thousands of FBI employees last month.

The stolen information included home addresses, social security numbers, family details and sensitive work assignments.

According to the report, the breach was caused by the failure of an Accenture contractor to install a security patch on a third-party platform.

ShinyHunters, which threatened to leak the stolen data, allegedly hacked more than 140 organizations and extorted $70 million since last year.

Source: NYT