Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s
2026-03-28T20:52:12Z•9be5f22fb8586fa1e194bfe9726ee08f170b9bcae5b934ef673f3c34388b209e
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What happened
A roundup of mid‑March 2026 cyber and security news: Iranian-linked hackers accessed former DOJ official Kash Patel’s personal email (not FBI systems) and reportedly disrupted Maryland hospital operations; a large new iPhone exploitation tool named “DarkSword” is being used in the wild to compromise devices running iOS 18 via web visits, putting hundreds of millions at risk; U.S. authorities dismantled multiple massive botnets (Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, Mossad) that had infected over 3 million devices; a Telegram-based darknet marketplace (Xinbi Guarantee) that facilitates crypto fraud washit
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