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ShinyHunters Extorts Boeing Spin-off Prior to Arrests
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A teenager named Rey, suspected of leading the ShinyHunters hacking gang, was detained in Amman, Jordan on October 3. The group was attempting to extort Jeppesen ForeFlight, a Boeing unit sold for $10.55 billion in November 2025. Rey exploited a PeopleSoft vulnerability, CVE-2026-35273, to steal data from over 5,000 FBI personnel.
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