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• @willpollock.com @willpollock.com on bluesky

  $10M reward for leads on Iranian hackers seems excessive until you recall Kash flew his girlfriend on FBI's Gulfstream to sing at a wrestling match  —  @zackwhittaker.com & @lorenzofb.bsky.social for @techcrunch.com  —  techcrunch.com/2026/03/27/i...

• @lorenzofb Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on bluesky

  UPDATE: The FBI has confirmed the hack of director Kash Patel's personal gmail account, says the leaked data “is historical in nature and involves no government information.”  —  techcrunch.com/2026/03/27/i...  [image]

• @karolinschwarz.de @karolinschwarz.de on bluesky

  “In some cases, Patel appears to have sent emails from his FBI email address to his Gmail account.”  —  But her emails.  —  techcrunch.com/2026/03/27/i...

• @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social Zack Whittaker on mastodon

  NEW: Hackers have leaked a portion of FBI director Kash Patel's emails online, confirming Reuters.  —  TechCrunch has verified that at least portion of the leaked emails from Patel's Gmail account were authentic by verifying cryptographic signatures contained in the emails.  —  w…

• @rubengallego Ruben Gallego on x

  Just days before we went to war with Iran, Kash Patel fired the very agents tracking Iranian threats because they worked on the Trump classified documents case.  That was after he laid off half of the FBI's Cyber Division last year.  Now Iran-linked hackers say they breached his …

• @vxunderground @vxunderground on x

  The e-mails have a date range from 2010 to 2022.  It appears to be primarily photos from Mr. Patel.  The dump is 1.06GB.  While this compromising is probably deeply embarrassing to Patel and the FBI, the e-mails are relatively benign. ...  From a public-relations perspective, thi…

• @williamturton William Turton on x

  I've examined at the emails that an Iranian linked hacking group called Handala claims to have obtained from Kash Patel's personal email. Many of the emails are from 2012-2014. But there is a single email from 2022, suggesting the hackers may have more material to come.

• @edkrassen Ed Krassenstein on x

  BREAKING: Iran-linked hackers from the Handala group (tied to Iran's MOIS) just released personal photos of FBI Director Kash Patel, including him smoking cigars, plus an old resume stolen from his private Gmail account. The FBI boss who's supposed to protect America couldn't [im…

• @idreesali114 Idrees Ali on x

  A Justice Department official confirmed to Reuters that Patel's emails were compromised but did not go into detail.

• @meidastouch @meidastouch on x

  NEWS: FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email has been hacked by Iran-linked group Handala Hack, DOJ says. The group released personal photos and documents after claiming it breached the FBI, warning its security was “nothing more than a joke.” [image]

• @bradheath Brad Heath on bluesky

  Iran-linked hackers on Friday claimed they had accessed FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email inbox, publishing photographs of the director and other documents to the internet.  —  www.reuters.com/world/us/ira...  [image]

• @malwarejake Jake Williams on bluesky

  Holy counterintelligence issue Batman!  —  There's a near zero chance that Patel's personal email doesn't contain damaging information (and probably photos).  Security awareness teams' jobs just got harder too given the FBI Director apparently doesn't use MFA on his email  —  www…

• @carlquintanilla Carl Quintanilla on bluesky

  “.. A Justice Department official confirmed that Patel's email had been breached and said the material published online appeared authentic.”  —  @reuters.com  —  www.reuters.com/world/us/ira...  [image]

• @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social Zack Whittaker on mastodon

  FBI said it's “aware of malicious actors” targeting Patel's email and that “the information in question is historical in nature and involves no government information.”  —  Many files are dated 2014 to ~2019.  But as noted by William Turton on X, a single email is dated 2022, sug…

• @hanse_mina@mastodon.social Hanse Mina on mastodon

  Iran-linked hackers have publicly claimed the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel's personal inbox, publishing photographs of the director and other documents to the internet.  —  https://www.reuters.com/...  #Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #FBI #Patel #Iran  —  [image]

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