FBI Director Kash Patel said on Friday the bureau has arrested another person tied to the ShinyHunters hacking group. In a post on X, Patel said, "Our agents in the field have arrested another suspected co-conspirator of the ShinyHunters group," whom he said was believed to be responsible for the recent break-in at the FBI jobs site that has exposed a wide swathe of sensitive employee data. Patel's statement did not provide details and the FBI did not immediately respond to a request for additional comment. It is the third publicly announced arrest since news of the breach broke in late September. Dutch authorities earlier announced the arrest of a man identified to Reuters as Pepijn van der Stap, who had previously served a sentence for data theft. Reuters has also reported the arrest of Saif al-Din Khader, a teenager in Jordan who was alleged to be a key ShinyHunters member. Patel said, "We will continue to work closely with our partners to disrupt what’s left of the...
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