Pro-Iranian Hacking Group Claims Credit for Hack of FBI Director Kash Patel’s Personal Account
2026-03-27T19:24:15Z•4b0a715567057c2a58a442401c46f05f48e13de4b2ca3d2cb857fcd91c67beef
BINDCISACVE-2026-4681Chinese APTCorunaOpenAIOperation TriangulationPTC WindchillTP-Linkbackdoorbug bountycredential compromisedata breachdeepfakeespionageiOS exploitkernel implantpatchpro-Iranianrecruiter scamrouter vulnerabilitiesstate-sponsoredvulnerability
What happened
SecurityWeek roundup: A pro‑Iranian hacking group claims it breached FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal account and published emails; OpenAI launched a bug‑bounty program focused on abuse and safety risks; TP‑Link and BIND issued patches for high‑severity vulnerabilities (authentication bypass, arbitrary command execution, and DoS/memory‑leak issues). CISA flagged a critical PTC Windchill vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑4681) that prompted German police warnings. Researchers link an updated Coruna iOS exploit kit to the earlier Operation Triangulation kernel exploit. A state‑sponsored Chinese actor is
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