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FBI said it's "aware of malicious actors" targeting Patel’s email and that "the information in question is historical in nature and involves no government information."
Many files are dated 2014 to ~2019. But as noted by William Turton on X, a single email is dated 2022, sugesting more may leak.
NEW: Iranian-linked hackers claim to have breached the personal Gmail account of FBI director Kash Patel, leaking emails and photos.
We were able to confirm that at least a portion of the emails are authentic.
The U.S. has accused Iran's government of being behind the hacking group Handala.
NEW: Hackers have leaked a portion of FBI director Kash Patel's emails online, confirming Reuters.
TechCrunch has verified that at least portion of the leaked emails from Patel's Gmail account were authentic by verifying cryptographic signatures contained in the emails.
w/ @lorenzofb:
A Lloyds banking app glitch allowed almost half-a-million people to access the bank transactions from *other* banking customers.
Per a letter from its CEO, "a customer had to access their own list of transactions within small fractions of a second of another person doing the same." 👀
Asking the infosec hivemind. Was this security event a race condition or classified as something else? And why do these data leaks seem to happen often at banks or financial companies?
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/27/lloyds_app_glitch_turned_transactions/
The European Commission is investigating a security breach after a threat actor gained access to its Amazon cloud infrastructure.
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NEW: We spoke to a few iPhone security experts about what the discovery of DarkSword means to the long-held assumption that iPhones are very hard to hack.
The answer is nuanced, and not simple. Apple has made significant strides in making iPhones more secure, but DarkSword may change how we think.
A hacking tool called DarkSword has leaked online, putting millions of iPhones and iPads running out-of-date software at risk of data-theft attacks, simply by visiting a malicious website.
You've probably got a lot of questions. We have some answers, including what you can do to stay protected.
Here’s what we know, and what you need to know, about Coruna and DarkSword, two advanced iPhone hacking tools discovered by security researchers. DarkSword has now leaked online.
NEW: Here's everything you need to know about the new iPhone hacking tool DarkSword.
What is DarkSword? How does it work? Where did it come from? How did it leak online? What can you do about it?
We break it all down in this explainer.
Here’s what we know, and what you need to know, about Coruna and DarkSword, two advanced iPhone hacking tools discovered by security researchers. DarkSword has now leaked online.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
BleepingComputer
Lesley Carhart 
