Russian hackers claim to have infiltrated FBI

Russian hacker group KillNet has claimed to have infiltrated the FBI in a massive cyber-attack on the US security agency. The pro-Kremlin group has reportedly posted online capturing to have stolen the personal data of more than 10,000 US federal agents.

KillNet’s attack is as yet unverified but the group claim’s the data hacked includes social media passwords and bank details.

Screenshots shared by the group of Telegram appear to boast of access to passwords from online stores, medical ID cards, and Google, Apple, and Instagram accounts.

“All passwords from online stores to the mass acceptance card, Google, and Apple accounts are at our disposal,” read a statement attributed to the hackers on Russian Telegram channels.

One screen recording appears to show the hacker inside the Facebook account of a US State Department employee.

The recording captures the moment the hackers attempt to show control over the hacked account by posting “We are KillNet” on the person’s profile page.

KillNet is suspected to have been behind a string on attacks against Western government institutions and private companies since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February.

The hackers are suspected of attempting to take down the Eurovision Song Contest website during Ukraine’s performance at the 2022 contest, however the attack was thwarted by Italian authorities.

Last month the group is suspected of launching attacks against the websites of several major airports in the US, successfully bringing the sites down.

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“They are extremely reactionary to current geopolitical events.”

It comes after Russia’s Foreign Ministry warned Thursday that if the US delivers sophisticated air defense systems to Ukraine, those systems and any crews that accompany them would be a “legitimate target” for the Russian military, a blunt threat that was quickly rejected by Washington.

The exchange of statements reflected soaring Russia-U.S. tensions amid the fighting in Ukraine, which is now in its tenth month.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the U.S. had “effectively become a party” to the war by providing Ukraine with weapons and training its troops.