🇺🇸🇨🇦 NYT: The FBI arrested a Canadian citizen in Pennsylvania on suspicion of being a primary co-conspirator in the ShinyHunters hack that stole sensitive data on thousands of FBI employees, including home addresses, social security numbers and job assignments. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the arrest, and vowed to continue dismantling what was left of the group.

🇺🇸🇨🇦 NYT: The FBI arrested a Canadian citizen in Pennsylvania on suspicion of being a primary co-conspirator in the ShinyHunters hack that stole sensitive data on thousands of FBI employees, including home addresses, social security numbers and job assignments. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the arrest, and vowed to continue dismantling what was left of the group.

Assistant Director Brett Letterman said the breach was caused by a third-party contractor, working for Accenture, failing to apply a security patch to the compromised platform; The contractor has since been removed.