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FBI Says It Arrested Another Suspect in Hack of Its Jobs Website

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The FBI said Friday that it arrested another suspected co-conspirator of ShinyHunters, a hacking group that breached the bureau’s jobs website. FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest and said the breach ran through a platform managed by a third-party vendor. Patel said the arrest was the latest in a series of actions against the group in recent days. According to the bureau, the breach exposed personal information about FBI employees, and Patel said the group obtained data on nearly all staff. The FBI said it removed a contracting company it described as primarily responsible for the breach. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it was aware of the FBI’s arrest of a Canadian citizen in the United States and referred further questions to the FBI.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. The FBI says it arrested another suspected co-conspirator of ShinyHunters, the hacking group behind the breach of its jobs website.

    Across the spectrumReported byLeft4Right1Far Right3See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The New York Times, ABC News, CBS News, Bloomberg
    Right
    The Washington Times
    Far Right
    RedState, Fox News, The Epoch Times

  2. Patel said the breach occurred on a platform managed by a third-party vendor.

    Reported byLeft1Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News
    Far Right
    Fox News, The Epoch Times

  3. Patel said the hack obtained sensitive personal data on nearly all bureau employees, while other reports cite thousands of personnel records.

    Reported byLeft2Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    ABC News, Bloomberg
    Right
    The Washington Times

  4. Patel said the arrest was the latest in several FBI actions against the group in recent days.

    One side only: the rightReported byFar Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Right
    Fox News, The Epoch Times

  5. The FBI said it removed a contracting company it said was primarily responsible for the breach.

    One outletABC News· Left

  6. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it was aware of the FBI’s arrest of a Canadian citizen in the United States and referred questions to the FBI.

    One outletThe Epoch Times· Far Right

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • The scale of employee data exposed in the breach.

    Patel, as relayed in the Associated Press report, said the hack obtained data on nearly all employees; ABC News reported, citing the bureau, that thousands of employees’ personnel records were exposed.

  • Whether the hacking group would publish the stolen data.

    The group said it would post the sensitive information, then told reporters it had recanted that threat, according to ABC News; the NYT describes the group as a murky threat to expose agents’ personal information.

How each side tells it

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  • the left

    4 outlets

    Left-side headlines lead with the arrest of a suspect allegedly tied to the hacking group, and ABC News stresses the exposure of employee information, while the New York Times frames the FBI as both victim and investigator.

    Suspect arrested in FBI hack that exposed employee information
    ABC NewsLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    No coverage yet

    No center outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

  • the right

    4 outlets

    Right-side headlines name Kash Patel or the jobs portal and the arrest, with the Far Right Fox News and RedState headlines building around Patel’s announcement, while the Far Right Epoch Times headline says the hack breached the FBI’s databases, a broader claim than the jobs website its own text describes.

    FBI Arrests Suspect in ShinyHunters Hack That Breached Its Databases
    The Epoch TimesFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

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Words that carry a judgement beyond the facts. Tap a highlighted word anywhere on the page to see why.

  • Left1

    murky group

  • Center

    Has not covered this story.

  • Right1

    Nabs

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded modifier

    murky groupMore neutral: little-known group

    The vague pejorative adjective characterizes the group beyond what the facts establish, where a plain description was available.

    …enforcement agency racing to respond as both the victim and the investigator of a murky group that threatened to expose agents’ personal information.

    Used byThe New York Times (Left)

  • Loaded verb

    NabsMore neutral: arrests

    The informal, dramatic verb adds a tone of triumph beyond the plain report of an arrest.

    FBI Nabs ShinyHunters Co-Conspirator Tied to FBI.gov Hack

    Used byRedState (Far Right)

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Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

4 outlets

Leads with

  • the FBI as both victim and investigator
  • exposure of employee information
  • arrest of a suspect allegedly tied to the group

Leaves out

  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police statement on a Canadian citizen’s arrest

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • ABC NewsLeft

    Suspect arrested in FBI hack that exposed employee information

    The hack exposed personal information from thousands of bureau employees.

    Read at ABC News (opens in a new tab)
  • BloombergLeft

    FBI Arrests Suspect Allegedly Tied to ShinyHunters Hacking Gang

    The FBI has arrested a person believed to have worked with hackers who broke into bureau computer systems, the agency’s top official said Friday, in a cybersecurity incident that’s exposed sensitive information about agency personnel

    Read at Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)
  • CBS NewsLeft

    FBI arrests suspected member of ShinyHunters in connection with jobs site hack

    The FBI this week arrested another individual suspected of being connected to ShinyHunters, the cybercriminal group that hacked the bureau's job website, FBI Director Kash Patel said.

    Read at CBS News (opens in a new tab)
  • The New York TimesLeft

    F.B.I. Arrests Key Suspect in ShinyHunters Hack of Its Own Agents’ Data

    The hack left the nation’s premier law enforcement agency racing to respond as both the victim and the investigator of a Loaded modifier“murky group”The vague pejorative adjective characterizes the group beyond what the facts establish, where a plain description was available.More neutral: little-known groupDisagree with this highlight? that threatened to expose agents’ personal information.

    Read at The New York Times (opens in a new tab)
  • ABC NewsLeftAssociated Press report

    FBI arrests suspect in ShinyHunters hack of the bureau's jobs portal

    ABC News published a report that is shown in full at The Washington Times.

    Read at ABC News (opens in a new tab)

From the center

0 outlets

No center outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

From the right

4 outlets

Leads with

  • Kash Patel’s announcement
  • the jobs portal breach and third-party vendor
  • the arrest as part of a series of actions

Leaves out

  • FBI removal of the contracting company it blamed for the breach

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

See the 4 headlines from the rightHide the headlines
  • The Epoch TimesFar Right

    FBI Arrests Suspect in ShinyHunters Hack That Breached Its Databases

    Canada’s law enforcement said it was aware of the FBI’s arrest of a Canadian citizen in the United States.

    Read at The Epoch Times (opens in a new tab)
  • Fox NewsFar Right

    Kash Patel announces arrest of suspected ShinyHunters co-conspirator after FBI jobs portal breach

    FBI Director Kash Patel says agents arrested a suspected ShinyHunters co-conspirator tied to the FBIjobs.gov data breach and third-party vendor hack.

    Read at Fox News (opens in a new tab)
  • RedStateFar Right

    FBI Loaded verb“Nabs”The informal, dramatic verb adds a tone of triumph beyond the plain report of an arrest.More neutral: arrestsDisagree with this highlight? ShinyHunters Co-Conspirator Tied to FBI.gov Hack

    The ShinyHunters are a large, organized cybercrime organization that targets major corporations and government agencies with hacking and data theft attacks. …

    Read at RedState (opens in a new tab)
  • The Washington TimesRightAssociated Press report

    FBI arrests suspect in ShinyHunters hack of the bureau's jobs portal

    The FBI has arrested an accused co-conspirator of a criminal hacking group that said last month that it had breached the bureau's jobs portal and obtained sensitive and personal data on nearly all employees of the law enforcement agency, Director Kash Patel said Friday.

    Read at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    The New York Times, Oct 9, 10:37 AM EDT

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    59 min later

    Its first report, Oct 9, 11:36 AM EDT

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  1. The New York TimesLeftOct 9, 10:37 AM EDT
  2. The Washington TimesRightOct 9, 11:36 AM EDT
  3. ABC NewsLeftOct 9, 11:40 AM EDT
  4. RedStateFar RightOct 9, 12:21 PM EDT
  5. CBS NewsLeftOct 9, 12:35 PM EDT
  6. BloombergLeftOct 9, 1:00 PM EDT
  7. Fox NewsFar RightOct 9, 4:04 PM EDT
  8. The Epoch TimesFar RightOct 10, 12:41 AM EDT

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