Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s

A collection of Wired security stories highlights multiple high-impact cyber and surveillance developments: Iranian-affiliated hackers compromised Kash Patel’s personal email (not FBI systems); a new in-the-wild iPhone exploit dubbed “DarkSword” can take over devices running iOS 18 via malicious websites and threatens hundreds of millions of phones; US authorities dismantled major botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, Mossad) that had infected over 3 million devices; cyberattacks disrupted a car breathalyzer vendor and Maryland hospitals; British sanctions targeted the Telegram-based Xinbi “guar