FBI Director Kash Patel's personal Gmail
March 27, 2026
•[ data leak, email breach, state-sponsored attack ]
Iran-linked group Handala claimed it breached FBI Director Kash Patel's personal Gmail account and published historical emails, photographs, and files; the FBI said the exposed material did not involve government information.
Former Mossad Chief Tamir Pardo
March 25, 2026
•[ data leak, espionage, email breach ]
Handala published material from the personal Gmail account of former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, and later reporting said the leak included business correspondence and a draft letter addressed to a CIA chief.
Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C.
January 1, 2026
•[ cyberespionage, data exfiltration, email breach ]
China-linked hackers exploited long-unpatched Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities on the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C.s email servers beginning in January 2026, accessing and exfiltrating the full inboxes of 68 diplomatic officials, including the ambassador and deputy chief of mission.
Sterling Seacrest Pritchard, Inc.
August 12, 2025
•[ unauthorized access, email breach, data leak ]
Sterling Seacrest Pritchard disclosed unauthorized access to its email environment that may have exposed personal information.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde (DGO)
March 30, 2025
•[ cyber-espionage, intelligence gathering, email breach ]
In late March 2025, German officials reported a cyber-espionage incident targeting the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Osteuropakunde (DGO), a nonprofit academic association focused on Eastern Europe. Investigators attributed the intrusion to Russias Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), also known as Midnight Blizzard, APT29, or NOBELIUM. Attackers accessed email servers and internal communications for intelligence-gathering purposes. No data encryption or operational disruption was reported, indicating a stealthy exploitation of application servers.
