That hackers got into Patel’s gmail account suggests one of two possibilities: his device or devices were hacked, or his password was phished and he doesn’t use good 2FA.
patel using bad or multiply used password and bad/no 2FA are totally plausible for our cosplay LEO head of FBI...
he is exactly the kind of "executive" that used to make early BYOD such a total security nightmare for most of us.