Iran-backed hackers breach FBI director Kash Patel's personal emails
A hacker group shares Patel's purported resume and photos of him on its website, information, the FBI says, is "historical in nature".
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"The emails look very old and that makes me believe that this is likely a compromise that occurred from other groups in another time period, and is recycled today."
— Cynthia Kaiser , Academic
"Personal accounts don't have the same level of protection and alerting as government systems, so these are often an attractive target for hackers."
— Dave Schroeder , Academic
Key People
Cynthia Kaiser is a senior vice president at the Halcyon Ransomware Research Center.
Dave Schroeder is the director of National Security Initiatives at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
The former Chief of Staff for the Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense.
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A hacker group shares Patel's purported resume and photos of him on its website, information, the FBI says, is "historical in nature".
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