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DOJ confirms FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email was hacked

The Department of Justice confirmed that Iran-linked hackers successfully breached FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email. Hackers from the Handala Hack Team revealed access to the Gmail account linked to Patel. Reuters could not authenticate the leaks, but the DOJ suggests the emails appear authentic.

Iran-linked hackers successfully broke into FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email, the Department of Justice confirmed to Reuters on Friday. Reuters could not authenticate the leaked emails themselves but noted that the Gmail address matched an email account "linked to Patel in previous data breaches ⁠preserved by the dark web intelligence firm District 4 Labs." The DOJ suggested the emails appeared to be authentic. On their website, the Handala Hack Team boasted that Patel "will now find his name among the list of successfully hacked victims." The hacker group taunted Patel by sharing photos of him sniffing cigars and holding up a jug of rum, along with other documents that Reuters reported were from 2010 to 2019.Read full article Comments