FBI job portals remain offline after ShinyHunters claims breach via PeopleSoft zero-day

The FBI’s online portals for job applicants (at apply.fbijobs.gov) and special agent applicants (at fbijobs.gov/special-agents) are still unavailable, following what appears to be successful compromises by the ShinyHunters cyber extortion group. Last week, the United States’ domestic intelligence and security service confirmed it was investigating ShinyHunters’ claim of having compromised personal information of FBI employees. ShinyHunters told The Register they leveraged a currently unspecified and unconfirmed Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day vulnerability to breach the portals. …