Kash Patel's personal email account was accessed by hackers linked to Iran
Corroborated by 3 sources from 3 publishers
TL;DR
The vigilante group Handala Hack Team said that it had successfully gained access to Patel’s personal email account. A group of Iran-linked hackers have said that they successfully gained access to the personal emails of Kash Patel, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), sharing photographs and documents from the United States official online. The Handala Hack Team said on Friday that Patel would “will now find his name among the list of successfully hacked victims”.
Sources
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Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/27/fbi-director-kash-patels-emails-photos-hacked-by-iran-linked-group?traffic_source=rss
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Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/kash-patels-personal-email-account-was-accessed-by-hackers-linked-to-iran-212618474.html?src=rss
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The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/fbi-director-kash-patel-hacked-email-iran.html