FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email hacked, files leaked
The personal email account of FBI Director Kash Patel was hacked, and photographs and documents were published online. An Iran-linked hacking group claimed responsibility, and the FBI confirmed the hack of the personal email. No government data was compromised, and the US offered a $10 million reward for the hackers.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal email, photographs and documents leaked
- Cause / method
- Hack of a personal email account
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The hack of Kash Patel's personal email and the publication of photographs and documents came to light, with an Iran-linked group claiming responsibility.
- It was reported that the FBI had confirmed the hack of Patel's personal email.
- It was reported that the US had offered a $10 million reward for the hackers.
- The FBI said no government data had been compromised.
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