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Hunters International Claims Cyber Attack on U.S. Marshals Service

The ransomware gang has reportedly stolen 386 gigabytes from the law enforcement agency and is threatening to publish within days.

The US Marshals Service has fallen victim to an alleged ransomware attack, after the Hunters International group listed the agency on its darkweb leak site overnight.

Hunters International’s site is down – whether through actions by US authorities is unknown or simply poor timing – however, cyber security firm Hackmanac shared details of the post on X.

“Allegedly, 386 GB (327,268 files) of data were exfiltrated, including gang files, confidential and top-secret documents, FBI docs, cases, active cases, operations data, electronic surveillance, and more,” Hackmanac said in a 26 August post.

Read the rest of the story at cyberdaily.

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