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The arrest was the latest targeting ShinyHunters, the group that
claimed responsibility for the hack, as the FBI continues a
global investigation into the breach of its network, which Patel
said “occurred on a platform managed by a third-party vendor.”
“We will continue to work closely with our partners to disrupt
what’s left of the ShinyHunters group and their associates, no
matter where they operate,” Patel said in a statement.
The identity of the person arrested was not immediately clear,
nor what charges they might face.
In a message taking responsibility for the hack and announcing
the collection of sensitive information, ShinyHunters said it
had taken action over false allegations contained in an FBI
public advisory from May that described the organization as a
“cyber criminal group specializing in large-scale data breaches
and extortion.”
That advisory characterized ShinyHunters as “threat actors” who
often “use their real or exaggerated claims of access to
sensitive or personal information to prompt payment from
victims,” commonly harass or threaten people and “may falsely
claim to have sensitive or compromising information, including
embarrassing photographs or videos of victims, which frequently
do not exist.”
Experts said that although the data that appeared to be
compromised was the type of personal information that is
routinely accessed during a breach, the hack nonetheless had
alarming national security implications given that it could
expose agents and their families to extortion, swatting and
other harassment and because the identities of spouses were also
said to have been obtained.
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