{"id":18028,"date":"2026-03-27T23:59:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T23:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/kash-patels-personal-email-account-was-accessed-by-hackers-linked-to-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T23:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T23:59:06","slug":"kash-patels-personal-email-account-was-accessed-by-hackers-linked-to-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/kash-patels-personal-email-account-was-accessed-by-hackers-linked-to-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Kash Patel&#8217;s personal email account was accessed by hackers linked to Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">A hacking group called Handala has gained access to FBI Director Kash Patel&rsquo;s email account, <em>Reuters<\/em> reports. The group published content from Patel&rsquo;s email on their website as proof, including photos of Patel &ldquo;sniffing and smoking cigars&rdquo; and &ldquo;making a face while taking a picture of himself in the mirror with a &#8203;large bottle of rum.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\"><em>TechCrunch<\/em> was able to independently confirm that at least some of the emails Handala stole were from Patel&rsquo;s account by checking information used by mail delivery systems that&rsquo;s stored in an email&rsquo;s header. Several stolen emails included a cryptographic signature that linked them to Patel&rsquo;s account. The FBI has also separately confirmed that the Director&rsquo;s account was hacked. &ldquo;The FBI is aware of malicious actors targeting Director Patel&rsquo;s personal email information, and we have taken all necessary steps to mitigate potential risks associated with this activity,&rdquo; the Bureau told <em>TechCrunch<\/em>. &ldquo;The information in question is historical in nature and involves no government information.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The FBI is offering up to $10 million in rewards for more information about the hackers who targeted Patel&rsquo;s account. Handala presents as a pro-Palestinian hacking group online, but is believed to be one of several aliases used by cyberintelligence units working for the Iranian government, <em>Reuters<\/em> writes. Groups affiliated with Iran have targeted officials in the US before. In August 2024, the FBI shared that a separate group, APT42, was trying to gain access to both the Trump and Harris campaigns. Three men associated with APT42 were later charged that September.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_cgb7b4ilfaiv5tilbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_kgb7b4ilfaiv5tilbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Handala has appeared to become more active during the current conflict between the US, Israel and Iran. According to <em>Reuters<\/em>, the group claimed to be behind a cyber attack on Stryker, a medical devices company, earlier in March. Handala also said it accessed and published personal data from Lockheed Martin employees stationed in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub><\/sub><\/p>\n<div>Kash Patel&rsquo;s personal email account was accessed by hackers linked to Iran<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hacking group called Handala has gained access to FBI Director Kash Patel&rsquo;s email account, Reuters reports. The group published content from Patel&rsquo;s email on their website as proof, including photos of Patel &ldquo;sniffing and smoking cigars&rdquo; and &ldquo;making a face while taking a picture of himself in the mirror with a &#8203;large bottle of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/kash-patels-personal-email-account-was-accessed-by-hackers-linked-to-iran\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Kash Patel&#8217;s personal email account was accessed by hackers linked to Iran&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}