FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email has been hacked by a group allegedly linked to Iran, according to the DOJ. The hacktivist group Handala Hack released personal photos and documents belonging to Patel on its public website and Telegram channel.
This came just one day after the same group claimed it breached the FBI itself, posting: "Soon you will realize that the FBI's security was nothing more than a joke."
Handala Hack has been connected to previous high profile cyber incidents, including data leaks involving senior engineers at Lockheed Martin and a massive disruption affecting roughly 200,000 users connected to Stryker systems.
US officials have not yet disclosed the full scope of the intrusion or whether sensitive national security information was compromised.
