Iran-Linked Hackers Breach FBI Director Kash Patel's Personal Email

Threat actors with ties to Iran successfully broke into the personal email account of Kash Patel, director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and leaked a cache of photos and other data, The Hacker News reports. The breach also involved a separate wiper attack on Stryker, the medical device company, in a combined operation attributed to the same Iran-linked group. The attack on the FBI director's personal account underscores a persistent vulnerability in how senior government officials manage personal communications separate from official channels. Nation-state actors targeting the private accounts of US law enforcement leadership represents an escalation in the ongoing campaign of cyber intrusions against American institutions.