The FBI is acknowledging that Director Kash Patel’s person email has been hacked by ‘malicious actors’ in Iran and is offering a massive reward fot the identification of these hackers.
Here’s the news:
FBI tells me it “is aware of malicious actors targeting” Kash Patel’s personal email and notes that the State Department has a program offering “up to a $10 million reward for information leading to the identification of the Handala Hack Team out of Iran.” Full statement from… pic.twitter.com/tZ4aHVdNCI
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) March 27, 2026
It seems pretty embarrassing for Patel to be hacked like this, especially being the FBI Director. I don’t know in what manner he was hacked, but with all the security technologies out there to keep one protected, like using an always-changing code as well as a password to log in, I’d think he’d be using them all in order to protect his data.
The hackers released photos of Patel to make clear they were successful:
The Iranian state-backed “Handala Hack Team” is claiming to have breached FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email, posting an apparent resume and several old photos of Patel. pic.twitter.com/PHwkBrw88z
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 27, 2026