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Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email

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Re: Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email

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Post by stronglikedan »

throwaway27448 wrote: post #14
everdrive wrote: post #2

Interesting, and not all that implausible. The real test: his personal email should be pretty uninteresting except for stuff like HIPAA, amazon purchases, communications with friends / family. (good for HUMINT) But other than that, there shouldn't be anything in there which should make the news. It'll be interesting to see whether or not that bears out. If they wanted to maintain access, they certainly wouldn't celeb…

I think this is actually the opposite of the correct conclusion—just look how influential Patreus cheating on his wife was ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petraeus_scandal ). I seriously doubt that Kash Patel doesn't have a bunch of skeletons to dust off and show the world; the man is a weirdo (much like the rest of the administration). EDIT: I actually misread the comment; I think we're likely in agreement. My bad.

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Re: Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email

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everdrive wrote: post #2

Interesting, and not all that implausible. The real test: his personal email should be pretty uninteresting except for stuff like HIPAA, amazon purchases, communications with friends / family. (good for HUMINT) But other than that, there shouldn't be anything in there which should make the news. It'll be interesting to see whether or not that bears out. If they wanted to maintain access, they certainly wouldn't celeb…

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Re: Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email

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Post by jorts »

bcjdjsndon wrote: post #22
_slih wrote: post #7

Forget the Iran attribution for a second. The FBI director's personal email was already in leaked credential databases from prior breaches.

Every now and then something happens that makes me wonder how the fuck America is number one, this being one of them.

Because America is a lot more than a podcaster put into a position that he has no qualifications for.

Re: Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email

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Post by 1234letshaveatw »

bcjdjsndon wrote: post #22
_slih wrote: post #7

Forget the Iran attribution for a second. The FBI director's personal email was already in leaked credential databases from prior breaches.

Every now and then something happens that makes me wonder how the fuck America is number one, this being one of them.

We're ranked number one based on the summation of all the angsty teen America bad comments on social media. At least that is the stat the press goes off of I believe

Re: Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email

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Post by paxys »

A couple of DOGE teenagers were able to casually walk in and steal the entire country's social security and healthcare data (and probably more), and we were cheering them on. There is still no accountability, and it has probably already been sold to the highest bidder. So this would be the least surprising thing in the world.

Re: Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email

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Post by 1234letshaveatw »

jorts wrote: post #34
bcjdjsndon wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Every now and then something happens that makes me wonder how the fuck America is number one, this being one of them.

Because America is a lot more than a podcaster put into a position that he has no qualifications for.

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