Iran-linked hackers claim breach of FBI director's personal email

Re:Iran-linked hackers claim breach of FBI director's person... by tencentshill on Friday March 27, 2026 @10:52AM (#47543348)

Surely we are currently clean on OPSEC. There couldn't be any precedent for government officials using private email servers for confidential information!

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Re:Iran-linked hackers claim breach of FBI director's person... by vessenes on Friday March 27, 2026 @11:35AM (#47544037)

obligatory - that first famous private server was done because someone wanted a blackberry like Obama had, and was told no by NSA. Man that BB keyboard was good.

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Re:Iran-linked hackers claim breach of FBI director's person... by bookofjoe on Friday March 27, 2026 @12:09PM (#47544580)

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Re:Iran-linked hackers claim breach of FBI director's person... by bookofjoe on Sunday March 29, 2026 @09:34AM (#47563025)

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Re:Iran-linked hackers claim breach of FBI director's person... by the_why_of_y on Saturday March 28, 2026 @04:53AM (#47552810)

That can't be the first one. Colin Powell used a personal email account during the GWB administration.

https://www.npr.org/2016/09/08/493133413/colin-powells-ways-...

Of course that pales in comparison with the practices of the GWB White House:

https://www.newsweek.com/2016/09/23/george-w-bush-white-hous...

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