# U.S. Justice Department pursues hackers behind attack on X users

https://mins.news/en/item/42720

- Reuters, 2026-09-02 21:35 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-justice-department-pursuing-hackers-behind-attack-x-users-2026-09-02/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a98968d6f82110001164e8c

> U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Wednesday that the Justice Department is working with Elon Musk’s X to identify those behind an attempted password-recovery attack that targeted hundreds of thousands of users this week.

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