Sep 30, 2026 · 55 min · 12 segments
Kyle is still out, more info on the ShinyHunters FBI hack, FBI wants to open a dialog, concern for the hackers, more revelations about AI going rogue, listener phone calls.
Emmanuel GoldsteinHostAlexPanelist
Rob T. FireflyPanelistGilaPanelistYeah, the outlet says that the records involving the unit exposed each person's address.
a list of phone numbers for them, and in some cases, the name of their spouses and their phone numbers.
We mentioned this last week, but the story is just getting bigger and more scary, actually.
Now, 404 Media said that when it searched one official's phone number using the breached data intelligence platform DarkSide, It found previously leaked information linking that person to the Secret Service.
Another person in the data tied to the unit was listed as a student workforce trainee.
The outlet said the hacking group Shiny Hunters shared a spreadsheet that with the outlet listing the personal information of roughly 5,000 alleged FBI officials.
The spreadsheet includes information about employees' job assignments, along with addresses, phone numbers, and emergency contacts.
404 Media and other media outlets that received the stolen data were able to verify details belonging to some of the people on the list by cross-referencing the information with public records and previously leaked data.
Reuters reported that 14 people on the list were allegedly connected to the FBI's work on China-related matters, while another nine were listed in Russia-related roles.
And, you know, the way the FBI is treating this right now, as they should, is that everything has been compromised.
Alex, I want to ask you, how do you recover from something like that, where you don't know the integrity of your own data, which contains very sensitive personal information about every single employee in the FBI? I know it's run by Kash Patel, and when you put incompetent people in charge of organizations, things like this are bound to happen.
We don't know if he's directly linked to it, but it certainly doesn't help.
Yeah, the outlet says that the records involving the unit exposed each person's address.
a list of phone numbers for them, and in some cases, the name of their spouses and their phone numbers.
We mentioned this last week, but the story is just getting bigger and more scary, actually.
Now, 404 Media said that when it searched one official's phone number using the breached data intelligence platform DarkSide, It found previously leaked information linking that person to the Secret Service.
Another person in the data tied to the unit was listed as a student workforce trainee.
The outlet said the hacking group Shiny Hunters shared a spreadsheet that with the outlet listing the personal information of roughly 5,000 alleged FBI officials.
The spreadsheet includes information about employees' job assignments, along with addresses, phone numbers, and emergency contacts.
404 Media and other media outlets that received the stolen data were able to verify details belonging to some of the people on the list by cross-referencing the information with public records and previously leaked data.
Reuters reported that 14 people on the list were allegedly connected to the FBI's work on China-related matters, while another nine were listed in Russia-related roles.
And, you know, the way the FBI is treating this right now, as they should, is that everything has been compromised.
Alex, I want to ask you, how do you recover from something like that, where you don't know the integrity of your own data, which contains very sensitive personal information about every single employee in the FBI? I know it's run by Kash Patel, and when you put incompetent people in charge of organizations, things like this are bound to happen.
We don't know if he's directly linked to it, but it certainly doesn't help.
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