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1. whynotmaybe · 1790110926 · focus · HN ↗

   > data totalled between two and three terabytes.

   That's lot of data for a list of employees.

   1. nostrademons · 1790120916 · focus · HN ↗

      The article says "All FBI data was compromised." Entirely possible that they have the case files on every investigation the FBI has ever conducted, all the data on Americans that the FBI collects in the course of doing investigations, etc. And they now know who shot JFK.

      1. whynotmaybe · 1790127154 · focus · HN ↗

         How soon till someone hack into a system to implant fake proofs so that a trial can be canceled because the system was hacked Ferris-Bueller style?

         1. nostrademons · 1790130223 · focus · HN ↗

            The article implies that this was the actual motive for this attack. The group is conducting counterintelligence on the FBI so that they know when their members are being investigated, and they're using the information gained to "track, intimidate, and harass the FBI agents investigating them".

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