FBI director’s personal email, photos and documents leaked by Iran-linked hackers

FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email account has been breached by Iran-linked hackers affiliated with the Handala Hack Team, who published over 300 emails from his inbox spanning 2010 to 2019, along with personal photographs and documents. The group announced the hack on their website, characterizing Patel as a "successfully hacked victim." The breach exposes sensitive personal communications from a senior U.S. intelligence official at a time of heightened U.S.-Iran tensions. The incident underscores ongoing vulnerabilities in cybersecurity even among top government officials and marks another instance of Iranian state-linked actors targeting American leadership. Both the hackers and the FBI confirmed the breach on Friday.