Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next director of the FBI, was recently targeted by an Iranian hacking campaign.
According to the Washington Examiner, multiple sources claim that the FBI had informed both Patel and President-elect Trump of the cyberattack. The Trump transition team issued a statement that did not confirm such a hacking attempt, but nevertheless condemned Iran and praised Patel’s past work on counter-terrorism.
“Kash Patel was a key part of the first Trump administration’s efforts against the terrorist Iranian regime and will implement President Trump’s policies to protect America from adversaries as the FBI Director,” said Trump transition spokesman Alex Pfeiffer in a statement.
President-elect Trump announced Patel as his choice for FBI Director over the weekend, via a post on his Truth Social website. Patel will replace incumbent Director Christopher Wray, whom Trump is expected to fire shortly after taking office. Patel previously worked for Congressman Devin Nunes during his tenure as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and also served as the chief of staff to the then-Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller.
“Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American people,” said the president-elect. “Kash did an incredible job during my First Term, where he served as Chief of Staff at the Department of Defense, Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council.”
President-elect Trump has been the target of several attempted hacks by the Iranian regime, presumably in retribution for his actions against Iran in the past. In January of 2020, then-President Trump ordered a missile strike that eliminated Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and a leading sponsor of global terrorism. President-elect Trump has repeatedly threatened to bring Iran’s nuclear ambitions under control with further sanctions and other measures upon his return to office.
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