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Full text of Shinyhunters' box on their site about the FBI labeled, "PSA - READ THIS NOW":

https://rentry.co/shtext

>That defacement says, “this site has been seized by ShinyHunters,”

No archive but at least a screenshot: https://cyberinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/fbi-site...

>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49807388

The photo they put is a Pokemon so yeah probably their name is from it.

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>hinder clients trust in our organisation hoping nobody pays us. I wonder what kinda of clients they have

I think it means their extortion victims. So we actually know who some of their "clients" are. Like instructure/canvas. We certainly know the ones who "don't become clients" because they are all posted.

They mention hindering trust because for an extortion gang, they want companies to trust that they won't leak the data in order to make it seem worthwhile to pay.

I get it now, funny of them to use the word clients, I thought it meant like people who paid them to make attacks.

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