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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 123 points 6 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 49 points 6 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 55 points 6 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 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It’s Gmail. If Gmail is the weak link then he didn’t get hacked, the entire world got hacked.

[–] baronvonj@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

Yes in this case it was targeted at his account. I was referring to the "previous data breaches" in which "the address [was] linked to Patel." To me a data breach is when a company is targeted and the attackers gain access to a data set. Those data sets are often just lists of customer personal information. Like names, shipping addresses, phone numbers, emails, birthdays, and things like that. Then that leaked info can be used by future bad actors to target and individual.

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

No indication (yet anyway) that government business was conducted on his gmail. Records also end at 2019.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago

It's barely a tick in the news media apparatus so far as far as I can see.

[–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 51 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 39 points 6 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

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 6 points 6 days ago

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

[–] redditmademedoit@piefed.zip 1 points 5 days ago

A lot of Cuba related stuff

[–] auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 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.

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 6 days ago

Trying to get popular brands to give him free swag with his personal logo and Punisher skulls on it? I’m sure a K$H themed Monster is coming soon.

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

His password was maga12345

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

Huh, all I see is hunter2

[–] nieminen@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Lord helmet?

[–] miked@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

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

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Fucking banchode pwnt.

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

[–] fierysparrow89@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 8 points 5 days ago

Every picture of Kash is a dick pic.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 9 points 6 days ago

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

[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago
[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

All from 2019 or earlier? Why would I care?