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DOJ confirms FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email was hacked

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/doj-confirms-fbi-director-kash-patels-personal-email-was-hacked/

DOJ confirms FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email was hacked

Hackers claimed the attack was retaliation after Patel vowed to "hunt" them.

Ars Technica
Mar 27 at 9:41pmWeb
Show threadunparagoned23h ago
It’s all fine since he didn’t use it for official business right, right…
Show threadjustonceokay23h ago
Or more likely unofficial business
Show threadpnw23h ago
Based on the links in the articles, it's personal photographs and a resume from an old Gmail account. The resume dates from 2017.
Show threaddrfloyd5121h ago

The FBI just made a bounty to find who hacked family photos.

I am sure the FBI will do that for my family too right?

Or we’re more than family photos hacked?

Show threadsv12322h ago
Clowns, all the way down.
Show threadjameson22h ago
I wonder how many others are hacked but remain undiscovered
Show threadlongislandguido21h ago

Considering 95% of spam that hits my inbox originates from compromised Gmail accounts, I'd say it's a few.

Because Google is too big to fail, all Gmail traffic is essentially whitelisted and they can't be bothered to do anything about it.

Show threaddetourdog21h ago
Almost all phishing attempts at my domain are from google. Many Norton subscription bills for around $350. I report every single one to google. I can’t believe they aren’t using there AI to figure this out.
Show threadmikkupikku22h ago
Unfair to clowns, a noble profession.
Show threadxeonmc22h ago
Prefer the title “jesters”
Show threadbryanrasmussen22h ago
the sensible middle of the road between clowns on the left and the jokers on the right.
Show threadseemaze21h ago
Its hard to keep this smile off my face
Show threadlongislandguido22h ago
Did you write the software that allowed him to get hacked in the first place?
Show threaddlev_pika22h ago
I still can’t get over the fact that *Kash “Stay in my lane” Patel* is heading the FBI
Show threadreddozen21h ago

you mean best selling children's book author Kash Patel who is desperately trying to scrub the internet of his music video[0] revising the Jan 6 insurrection

[0] https://youtu.be/TPF_e2E5F74

The Plot Against the King

YouTube
Show threadhmokiguess22h ago
Was he running openclaw on his unpenetrable system by any chance?
Show threadtrelane21h ago

The Reuters article they link to and that they mostly summarize has much more info.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/iran-linked-hackers-claim-b...