WASHINGTON (TNND) — FBI Director Kash Patel’s email has been hacked, the Department of Justice confirmed on Friday.
The DOJ confirmed to Reuters that Patel’s emails were compromised, but did not go into further detail.
Iran-linked hackers, named “Handala Hack Team,” have publicly claimed the breach of Patel’s personal email inbox and published photos online of the director and his purported resume.
On their website, Handala Hack Team said Patel will now “find his name among the list of successfully hacked victims.”
According to Cyble, an AI-powered threat intelligence company, the Handala Hack Team “emerged in late 2023 and has since evolved into a disruptive and highly visible cyber threat actor, primarily targeting Israeli interests and organizations linked to them.”
Reuters could not immediately authenticate the emails published by the hackers, but noted that a sample of the material they reviewed appears to show “a mix of personal and work correspondence from between 2010 and 2019.
