FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email account has been hacked by an Iran-linked group, the agency has confirmed.
A group, known as the Handala Hack Team, shared Patel's purported resume and photos of him on its website on Friday along with a statement that says: "This is just our beginning."
"If your director can be compromised this easily, what do you expect from your lower-level employees?," it says.
The FBI said it was aware of "malicious actors" targeting Patel's email information, adding, the information accessed was "historical in nature and involves no government information".
Iranian-backed hackers were reported to have breached Patel's private communications in 2024, weeks before he was appointed to lead the FBI. It is not clear if that breach was different from the one claimed by the Handala group on Friday.
