Hacker: Lol, I pwned FBI.gov! Web devs: Nuh-uh, no you didn't A hacker is claiming to have breached the FBI's website security, dumping staffers' email addresses and SHA1-scrambled password hashes with salts online. Meanwhile, the makers of the site's publishing software say it's all a hoax. A miscreant using the handle @cyberzeist claims to have infiltrated Plone CMS used by FBI.gov, …
I don't have any actual evidence or proof and due to the nature of hacking there really is no way I could determine the hackers actual location if he/she was clever enough to hide their tracks but it was the Russians supported by North Korea, funded by Iran and helped by the Chinese. IS will just take the credit via twitter. Apologies to any country/group I've missed from my assumptions based on absolutely nothing.
The FBI hasn't commented yet because they are waiting for the approved talking points (lies/untruth) from the White House on what to say. Along with some ridiculous back story to put the blame somewhere else without taking any responsibility for the vulnerability.
...that is, unless they convince the majority of the media to not cover this story, or bury it way back on page 21. They wouldn't want the POTUS to look bad...errr... worse than he already does, with 2 weeks left to go in office.
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