David Spunt on Hackers Linked to Iran Claiming They’ve Breached Kash Patel’s Email: The FBI Confirms It Involves Emails from ‘Before He Joined the FBI’

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SPUNT: "Bret, tonight the full scope of the attack is unclear but here’s what we do know. The FBI confirms the Iranian linked hack involves FBI director Kash Patel’s personal emails from before he joined the FBI. Now, he did serve in various roles during the first Trump Administration, but it’s unclear if the hack involves any communications from that time period. We do know, though, that some of the emails go as far back as 2012 although the FBI insists that they involve no government information. Still, there are a lot of questions and a lot of money is on the table to catch those behind this hack. An FBI spokesman telling Fox News the department states — the department of states reward justice program offers up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of the hundala hacked team out of Iran, a group that frequently targets U.S. government officials. The group claiming responsibility for the attack, I said the name, is said to have hosted pictures of patel from several years ago online. The same group connected to one of four websites with ties to the Islamic republic of Iran’s intelligence attacking efforts. DoJ seized that handala and other domains last week. First making headlines in the hacking world after the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The group is also known for malware and extortion. FBI director patel, no stranger to Iranian linked attacks, some of his communication as a private citizen were seized by Iranian hackers in December 2024. A month before he became FBI director. Overall, bret, the DoJ reports that six hacks, some targeting Israel, others the United States, since the start of operation epic fury, the patel hack marks number six, and we will follow it. Bret?"