美国联邦调查人员发现，一家勒索软件谈判公司的高管可能参与运营了黑客组织ShinyHunters的敲诈网站1。ShinyHunters已从受害者处勒索超过7000万美元，其中包括2026年9月黑入FBI招聘网站fbijobs.gov所窃取的数据1。该次入侵事件导致医疗和心理记录、社保号及家庭住址等敏感个人信息泄露1。
加拿大网络安全高管爱德华·杜布罗夫斯基因威胁披露被盗数据和通过勒索干扰州际贸易而被控告1。调查显示，54岁的杜布罗夫斯基在ShinyHunters于社交媒体威胁发布FBI泄露数据前，就已知晓数据被盗但未通知联邦调查局1。FBI调查人员认为，某知名咨询公司的美国高管积极参与运营了ShinyHunters的勒索网站shinywire.com，该网站从2026年5月3日至10月16日保持活跃，包含近100个被ShinyHunters入侵的组织1。
荷兰黑客Pepijn van der Stap于2026年9月15日被捕，其Signal消息通讯揭露了该公司高管与ShinyHunters的联系1。约旦当局已拘留被确认为ShinyHunters现任领导人的16岁黑客Rey，其正配合FBI调查1。此前，教育软件公司PowerSchool在2024年12月遭ShinyHunters勒索，支付了285万美元赎金，并由勒索谈判公司CyberSteward协助处理1。
U.S. federal authorities have identified a potential connection between executives at a ransomware negotiation firm and the ShinyHunters hacking group, with investigators believing that at least one American executive actively helped operate ShinyHunters' extortion website, shinywire.com.1 The website remained active from May 3 to October 16, 2026, and featured nearly 100 organizations that ShinyHunters had infiltrated.1 To date, ShinyHunters has extorted more than $70 million from victims.1
The investigation intensified following the group's September 2026 breach of the FBI's recruitment website, fbijobs.gov, where they stole sensitive personal data including medical and psychological records, Social Security numbers, and home addresses.1 Canadian cybersecurity executive Edward Dubrovsky, 54, was arrested and charged with extortion and threatening to disclose stolen data to interfere with interstate commerce.1 Investigators determined that Dubrovsky knew ShinyHunters had obtained FBI data but failed to notify the bureau before the group threatened to publish the information on Twitter/X.1 Dutch hacker Pepijn van der Stap was arrested on September 15, 2026, and his Signal messages revealed connections between the consulting firm executive and ShinyHunters.1
The investigation also uncovered that PowerSchool paid $2.85 million in ransom after being compromised by ShinyHunters in December 2024, with assistance from negotiation firm CyberSteward.1 The FBI issued a warning on May 15, 2026, advising victims against paying ShinyHunters ransoms.1 Jordanian authorities have detained Rey, a 16-year-old hacker from Amman identified as the current leader of ShinyHunters, who is cooperating with the FBI.1
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