FBI reportedly declares ‘cyber security incident’ after hackers steal agents’ personal data

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reportedly told its agents and support staff that their personal information was stolen in a recent cyberattack that targeted the bureau’s job application portal.

It’s the bureau’s first acknowledgement that the personal information of FBI agents was taken in the breach. The FBI has not publicly confirmed a breach beyond a statement last week, in which it said it was aware that a hacking group had claimed a cyberattack, but that the theft of data was “still undetermined.”

As reported by MS NOW reporter Ken Dilanian over the weekend, the FBI has since declared a “cyber security incident” in an internal notification to staff, telling employees that their names, addresses, job titles, and their Social Security numbers were exposed.