FBI director gets his personal email hacked by ‘Iran-linked group’ and shared online

The crazy thing is, between this and all the signal stuff, this administration has had one of the worst cyber security standards and have seen the most compromising of their accounts over any other administration.

Holy shit don't tell me Iran is gonna release the full unredacted Epstein files.

"Kash Patel had his personal email hacked by a group of Iran-backed hackers, who published photographs of the FBI director and other documents to the internet." "The group, Handala Hack Team, claimed responsibility for the security breach and said Patel "will now find ​his name among the list of successfully hacked ⁠victims." "A Justice Department official confirmed to *Reuters* that Patel's email had ​been breached and said the material published online appeared authentic." “The so called ‘impenetrable’ systems of the FBI were brought to their knees in a matter of hours by our team,” the hackers wrote. “All personal and confidential information of Kash Patel, including emails, documents, conversations, and even classified files, is now available for public download.” "The group claimed the attack had been in response to the FBI “proudly” seizing its domains and announcing a $10 million reward for information on its members, which it described as a “ridiculous show.” “This is the security the U.S. government boasts about?” the hackers added. "Handala, which calls itself ​a group of pro-Palestinian vigilante hackers, is considered by ​Western researchers to be one of several personas used by Iranian ‌government ⁠cyberintelligence units." A sampling: [https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2037533001312026827?s=20](https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2037533001312026827?s=20) "The Gmail address the hackers say they accessed matches an address previously linked to Patel in older data breaches tracked by the dark web intelligence firm District 4 Labs. A sample of the material appears to include a mix of personal and work-related correspondence dating from 2010 to 2019. The scope of the breach and how the account was accessed were not immediately clear." [https://www.newsweek.com/kash-patel-email-hack-iran-handala-fbi-11747658](https://www.newsweek.com/kash-patel-email-hack-iran-handala-fbi-11747658)

Let me guess… his password was FBI1234. 

When informed of the cybersecurity breach, Patel looked surprised. 

He is so freakin' incompetent.

The [early leaks](https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2037533001312026827?s=20) seem to be exactly what you’d expect. What a loser.

I guess clicking that "meet available singles near you" popup was a bad idea

They are just trying to assist him to get to Valhalla?

Patel is a professional tourist 😳

This is a good time to remember that unlike Obama and other presidents who try to choose actually smart and qualified people for government, Trump chooses dumb and unqualified people who are personally loyal to him, so that no one ever shows him up

Kash: Fires Iranian Task Force Also Kash: Gets hacked by Iran. *Shocked Pikachu face, but cross eyed.*

Good lord, I have no desire to see his D pics, and you know this guy is the type to send X photos unprompted.

Kash Patel: SUPER SPY

If Iran really wants to stick it to Trump they should hack into major hospitals and credit card systems and delete the debt of the American people. That would sure show us…

Don't worry folks. Everything is fine. There's no way there's work correspondence in his personal email. No politicians do that so we should be safe.

iran if you're listening, release the files!

Rough week for anyone with a .gov address.

I'd love SNL to get Aziz Ansari in. Kash is the living incarnation of Tom Haverford, but without any of his redeeming qualities.

Even I could have guessed that his password was: "Femalebodyinspector#1!"

Likely hugely misleading. The hackers released only Kash's emails. That doesn't mean his was the only inbox compromised.

Every Senator who voted yes on this clown, needs to lose their seat. That is the least the people in this country can do.

Considering this administration has essentially fired everyone in charge that had a brain, I am not surprised at all. Kegsbreath and the Signal app was just the tip of the iceberg. When you have dolts such as these, there is no level of security that can defend against utter blathering stupidity.

Please, oh please, tell me there is at least one classified document (and hopefully something that doesn't endanger anyone) on his PERSONAL email box.

Patel: One. Iran: One. Russia: One. Patel: Two. Iran: Two. Russia: Two. Patel: Three. Iran: Three. Russia: Three. Patel: Four. Iran: Four. Russia: Four. Patel: Five. Iran: Five. Russia: Five. Iran: So the combination is... one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage! President Trump: That's amazing. I've got the same combination on my luggage.

Password is "AssKisser"

They didn’t bother to hack Hegseth because they didn’t have enough manpower to parse through the endless beer delivery email from DoorDash to find anything of value.

Boy I sure am glad Trump picked the most incompetent people possible before he started WW3? Uh.

He should've known better than to click on the p**** enlargement ad.

Password 123 probably was his best password to date

Now; hack the un redacted Epstein files!

But....HIS EMAILS!!! If it was his personal email account, then nothing detrimental to the US should be in there. Right? RIGHT?

2 factor authentication is for Betas.

Anyone got a link? I wanna know how he had classified documents on his personal email years before he was in government

I love that for him. 

Where can I access the leaks so I can start going through it with AI?

We now go live with senior tech corespondent, Nelson Muntz, for his take on this shocking development. Nelson?

Than you Iran. Now we wait on Israel to release the hidden and redacted Trump files.

Funny enough, Iran is recognized as a "highly capable cyber threat actor." They are very much capable of hacking other countries cybersecurity, especially personal info. [https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2026-march-17/#:\~:text=Bottom%20Line%20Up%20Front,into%20Trump's%20presidential%20election%20campaign](https://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2026-march-17/#:~:text=Bottom%20Line%20Up%20Front,into%20Trump's%20presidential%20election%20campaign)

Good thing they don't use their personal emails for top secret stuff, right? Right??

His password was probably “12345” —Spaceballs Reference

I heard that Barron trump is very good with computers. Why isn't the government using him to protect all their electronic assets?

These feckin guys… they’re not even competent villains (talking about the Americans, fwiw)

Praying they release the epstein files

Top security for the US! You are safe! 👍🏻

Please publish it Iran, now!

It’s always the higher ups that have the weakest passwords and never change them.

Can’t wait until his emails get put online.

This is what happens when morons are in charge of your national security.

These maga clowns keep repeating the same mistakes. They should all be placed in a faraday cage 24/7.

How funny it will be when the Iranian dictatorship saves American democracy.

was the password "Valhalla"?

Waiting to see classified cover up stuff just blasted everywhere lol

His password was jocksniffer69

Never thought I would ever root for Iran against the us government in my lifetime as a us citizen.