AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - Cyber warfare starts to get personal in war between U.S., Israel and Iran
Iranian hackers are now taking their psychological warfare tactics directly to government officials and employees at major companies. Why it matters: Even unproven threats from Iranian hackers can create fear, uncertainty and doubt — draining attention and forcing targets to divert time and resources from their own operations. Driving the news: In the last week, Iran-linked hackers paired two data leaks with intimidation tactics aimed at individuals. - Handala Hack Team — a pro-Iran hacktivist group linked to Iran's intelligence services — leaked a trove of emails on Friday purportedly from FBI Director Kash Patel's personal Gmail. - The group also released data earlier last week allegedly tied to U.S.- and Israel-based Lockheed…
Iranian hackers are now taking their psychological warfare tactics directly to government officials and employees at major companies. Why it matters: Even unproven threats from Iranian hackers can create fear, uncertainty and doubt — draining attention and forcing targets to divert time and resources from their own operations. Driving the news: In the last week, Iran-linked hackers paired two data leaks with intimidation tactics aimed at individuals. - Handala Hack Team — a pro-Iran hacktivist group linked to Iran's intelligence services — leaked a trove of emails on Friday purportedly from FBI Director Kash Patel's personal Gmail. - The group also released data earlier last week allegedly tied to U.S.- and Israel-based Lockheed…Open
NEWSNATIONNOW (Safia Samee Ali) - Epstein survivors sue Trump administration, Google over leaked personal data
The lawsuit alleges that during the document release, the Justice Department “outed approximately 100 survivors."
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Rick Scott sues Booz Allen Hamilton over leaked tax return
The lawsuit comes after President Donald Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department two months ago for their roles in the leak, which targeted multiple notable wealthy people, including Elon Musk.
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'Little to no regard for student privacy laws'
YOUTUBE (Owen Report) - Did the DOJ just Pull Down and Re-Redact the Epstein Files?
ABCNEWS - DOJ says it's taken down thousands of Epstein files documents that identified victims
The DOJ says it's taken down "several thousand documents and media" from its Epstein files website that "may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information."
NYTIMES (Andrew Duehren and Chris Cameron) - Trump Sues I.R.S. Over Tax Data Leak, Demanding $10 Billion
The president charged that the I.R.S. and the Treasury Department had failed to prevent a former I.R.S. contractor from gaining access to documents shared with news outlets.
NYTIMES (Andrew Duehren and Chris Cameron) - Trump Sues I.R.S. Over Tax Data Leak, Demanding $10 Billion
The president charged that the I.R.S. and the Treasury Department had failed to prevent a former I.R.S. contractor from gaining access to documents shared with news outlets.