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FBI chief Kash Patel's photos, emails among data leaked by pro-Iran hackers

The email address the hackers claim to have compromised has been previously tied to Patel's personal details, and the leaked emails contain photos of Patel and others

DOJ confirms Iran-linked hackers breached FBI director's Kash Patel's email

On their website, the hacker group Handala Hack Team said Patel "will now find his name among the list of successfully hacked victims"

Robert Mueller, ex-FBI chief who led Trump-Russia probe counsel, dies at 81

Robert S Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign, has died. He was 81. "With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away" on Friday night, his family said in a statement Saturday. "His family asks that their privacy be respected." At the FBI, Mueller set about almost immediately overhauling the bureau's mission to meet the law enforcement needs of the 21st century, beginning his 12-year tenure just one week before the Sept 11 attacks and serving across presidents of both political parties. He was nominated by Republican President George W Bush. The cataclysmic event instantaneously switched the bureau's top priority from solving domestic crime to preventing terrorism, a shift that imposed an almost impossibly difficult standard on .

FBI probes ex-counterterror official over alleged classified info leak

The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The investigation precedes Kent's resignation Tuesday from his role as director of the US government's National Counterterrorism Centre, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing FBI inquiry. But it comes as the Justice Department has undertaken multiple investigations over the last year into political foes of President Donald Trump, including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Prosecutors have repeatedly struggled to make charges stick amid rejections from judges or to secure indictments in the first place. Additional details about what the investigation, which was first reported by Semafor, is examining were not immediately available. Kent disclosed his departure from the ...

US faces rising terror threats against backdrop of Iran war, FBI, DOJ cuts

In New York City, two men who federal authorities say were inspired by the Islamic State brought powerful homemade bombs to a far-right protest outside the mayoral mansion. In Michigan, a naturalised citizen from Lebanon rammed his vehicle into a synagogue before being shot by security. In Virginia, a man previously imprisoned on a terrorism conviction was heard yelling "Allahu akbar" before opening fire in a university classroom in an attack that officials said ended when the shooter was killed by students. The three acts of violence in the last week have laid bare a heightened terrorism threat unfolding against the backdrop of the US war with Iran and as the country's counterterrorism system is strained by the departures of experienced national security professionals at the FBI and Justice Department. The firings and resignations, along with the diversion of resources and personnel over the last year to meet other Trump administration priorities, have fuelled concerns about the .

Attack at Michigan synagogue a 'targeted act of violence against Jews': FBI

An attacker armed with a rifle rammed his vehicle into one of the nation's largest reform synagogues Thursday, driving through a hallway as security opened fire, fatally shooting him, authorities said. Jennifer Runyan, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Detroit field office, at a news conference on Thursday called the incident "deeply disturbing and tragic" and said the FBI was leading the investigation. The agency considered the crime a "targeted act of violence against the Jewish community," she said. The vehicle caught fire after crashing into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, just outside Detroit, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to the AP. None of the synagogue's staff, teachers or the 140 children at its early childhood centre were injured, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said. The attacker drove through a set of doors and into the hallway where something in the vehicle ignited, Bouchard said. "He was travelling with purpose down t

Foreign hacker breached FBI server with Epstein probe files in 2023: Report

The details of who accessed a server at the FBI's New York Field Office, including the allegation that a foreign hacker was involved, are being reported here for the first time

FBI hikes reward to $1 mn for information on Indian wanted for killing wife

The FBI is now offering a reward of up to USD 1 million, significantly increasing it from the previous amount of USD 250,000, for information leading to the arrest of an Indian national wanted for allegedly killing his wife in 2015. Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel, 35, was last known to be in the Newark, New Jersey, area. He is wanted for allegedly killing his wife, Palak Patel, by striking her multiple times with an object while they were both working at a doughnut shop in Hanover, Maryland on April 12, 2015. Patel is on the FBI's list of "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" and the federal agency announced on Tuesday that it is now offering a reward of up to USD 1 million for information leading to his arrest. Initially, the FBI had offered a USD 100,000 reward for information about Patel, later increasing the amount to USD 250,000. Patel has been charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault and dangerous weapon with an intent to ...

Indian-origin former Optum director convicted for hiring 'ghost employee'

A former senior director at Optum was convicted on multiple fraud charges for hiring an unqualified friend in a no-show job and receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks

Indian national gets 24 yrs sentence for plotting Pannun's assassination

In 2024, the MEA confirmed that the individual named in the case in the foiled assassination plot against Khalistani terrorist Pannun was no longer an employee of the government of India

US biker gang Punjabi Devils' founder pleads guilty to selling illegal guns

The US Attorney's office claimed that Jashanpreet Singh tried to sell several weapons, including a short-barreled rifle, assault weapons, and machine gun conversion devices, to an undercover officer

FBI searches journalist's home as part of classified documents probe

FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter's home on Wednesday as part of a leak investigation into a Pentagon contractor accused of taking home classified information, the Justice Department said. Hannah Natanson, who has been covering President Donald Trump's transformation of the federal government, had a phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch seized in the search of her Virginia home, the Post reported. Natanson has reported extensively on the federal workforce and recently published a piece describing how she gained hundreds of new sources leading one colleague to call her the federal government whisperer. While classified documents investigations aren't unusual, the search of a reporter's home marks an escalation in the government's efforts to crack down on leaks. The Post was told that Natanson and the newspaper are not targets of the probe, executive editor Matt Murray said in an email to colleagues. Nonetheless, this extraordinary, aggressive action is deeply concerning

Disrupted New Year Eve attack plan inspired by Islamic State group: FBI

The FBI said Friday it disrupted a New Year's Eve attack plot targeting a grocery store and fast-food restaurant in North Carolina, arresting an 18-year-old man who authorities say pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group. Christian Sturdivant was charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation. Investigators said he told an undercover FBI employee posing as a supportive confidant about his plans to attack people with knives and a hammer. Worried Sturdivant might attempt violence before New Year's Eve, the FBI placed him under constant surveillance for days, including on Christmas, US Attorney for western North Carolina Russ Ferguson said. Agents were prepared to arrest him earlier if he left his home with weapons, Ferguson said at a news conference. At no point was the public in harm's way. Sturdivant was arrested Wednesday and remained in custody after a federal court appearance Friday. An attorney representing him did not immediately ...

FBI to 'permanently close' headquarters, shift staff to new building: Patel

Built in the brutalist architectural style and opened on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1975, the J Edgar Hoover building has long had detractors who said it was decrepit and no longer suited for the FBI

Brown University attack: Hunt continues for shooter amid security questions

Authorities knocked on doors and scoured yards Monday in search of any video or other evidence that might lead them to the Brown University gunman, whose face was covered or not visible in footage captured before and after the weekend attack that killed two students and wounded nine others. Officials released three new videos of the man they believe carried out Saturday's attack that show him wearing a mask and a dark two-tone jacket. Although his face wasn't visible, the footage from about two hours before the shooting provided the clearest images yet of the suspect. The FBI said the man is about 5 feet, 8 inches (173 centimetres) tall, with a stocky build. The agency offered a USD 50,000 reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person responsible. "We're asking for the public's assistance, Providence's police chief, Col Oscar Perez, said at a news conference, urging people who might recognise the suspect to call a tip line. Police renewed

Four arrested for plotting New Year's Eve attacks in Southern California

Federal authorities said Monday that they foiled a plot to bomb multiple sites of two US companies on New Year's Eve in Southern California after arresting members of an extremist anti-capitalist and anti-government group. The four suspects were arrested Friday in the Mojave Desert east of Los Angeles as they were rehearsing their plot, First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli said during a news conference. Officials showed reporters surveillance aerial footage of the suspects moving a large black object in the desert to a table. Officials said they were able to make the arrests before the suspects assembled a functional explosive device. In the criminal complaint, the four suspects named are Audrey Illeene Carroll, 30; Zachary Aaron Page, 32; Dante Gaffield, 24; and Tina Lai, 41. They are all from the Los Angeles area, Essayli said. Officials did not describe a motive but said they are members of an offshoot of a pro-Palestinian group dubbed the Turtle Island Liberation Front. The

12 FBI agents fired for kneeling during protest sue to get their jobs back

Twelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington sued Monday to get their jobs back, saying their action had been intended to de-escalate a volatile situation and was not meant as a political gesture. The agents say in their lawsuit that they were fired in September by Director Kash Patel because they were perceived as not being politically affiliated with President Donald Trump. But they say their decision to take a knee on June 4, 2020, days after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, has been misinterpreted as political expression. The lawsuit says the agents were assigned to patrol the nation's capital during a period of civil unrest prompted by Floyd's death. Lacking protective gear or extensive training in crowd control, the agents became outnumbered by hostile crowds they encountered and decided to kneel to the ground in hopes of defusing the tension, the lawsuit said. The tactic worked, the lawsuit assert

'Patel doing a great job': Trump denies plans to remove FBI director

Trump also praised Patel in an interview with Fox News Radio last week, saying he had "a lot of confidence" in the director

Kash Patel under scrutiny for use of SWAT teams to protect his girlfriend

The FBI director's travel on government jets has contributed to growing questions inside the administration about whether he is using taxpayer-funded resources inappropriately

China to control chemical subsidiaries, lists 13 Fentanyl precursors: FBI

The announcement comes on the heels of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping