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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.

On their website, the hacker ​group Handala Hack Team said Patel "will now find ​his name among the list of successfully hacked ⁠victims." A Justice Department official confirmed that Patel's email had ​been breached and said the material published online appeared authentic.

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[–] PitShoster@piefed.social 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure there will be outrage over his email server like there was ten years ago. Any minute now.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Apparently it was just Gmail:

Reuters was ​not able to ⁠independently authenticate the Patel emails, but the personal Gmail address that Handala claims to have broken into ​matches the address linked to Patel in previous ​data breaches ⁠preserved by the dark web intelligence firm District 4 Labs. Alphabet-owned Google, which runs Gmail, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

[–] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Matches the address linked to Patel on previous data breaches

So the director of the FBI is regularly subject to data breaches? Am I reading that correctly?

[–] baronvonj@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

I think it's less that he is personally being hacked, but rather he's using common public services which do.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Anyone got a link to the leaks? Would love to know what he spends his time emailing about instead of doing his job

[–] Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.app 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's a prolific poster on elevator shoe forums

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

His ringtone is Aerosmith’s “Love in an Elevator”

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 1 points 1 day ago

The comments on x have a disturbing amount of reality-defying insanity...

[–] auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Nothing it’s mostly pics of his kids from ten years ago. Some hotel reservations, him buying his house. Most interesting thing is a his cv and job offer to be a lawyer. Only a couple hundred emails max. Mostly old and boring.

[–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That'll happen when your IT systems are no longer guarded by the woke femboys and furries.

[–] dasrael@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago
[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

His password was maga12345

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's insane. I've got the same password on my luggage!

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

that’s why mine is all stars: ******** - more secure that way.

[–] miked@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

My fancy luggage only has 3 digits. 1,2,3 is secure enough.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Fucking banchode pwnt.

Them MAGAts used to brag about the Clintons taken down because of a bad email server.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 4 points 2 days ago

It probably wasn't hard to guess BigCa$h2026!

[–] fierysparrow89@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Damn, before long the d1ckpics start showing up 🤢🤢🤮