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Iran-linked hackers have breached FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal emails | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 3 days ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 6 points 3 days ago

The stolen emails appear to date from around 2011 to 2022 and appear to include personal, business and travel correspondence that Patel had with various contacts, according to a preliminary CNN review of the files with the help of an independent cybersecurity researcher.

Basically, nothing of value was stolen supposedly. The email appears, based on the article anyway, to be a personal email unrelated to work.

Honestly, I'm shocked nothing government related ended up in that account, at least for that time period. Nothing says government official more than confidential information existing where it shouldn't be (insecure personal email servers, in boxes at home in Florida, in the White House on Trump's desk, etc).