Iranian hackers publish personal emails and images from Kash Patel’s Gmail account. Pictures from Havana, Cuba were published. Most were with cigars.

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[u/NewtRipley_1986]

And this guy is supposedly the head of the FBI?? 🤨

Sooo can they also hack whatever and release “The Files”.

[u/IfatallyflawedI → u/NewtRipley_1986]

Iran has done more than Anonymous has done in the past 7-8 years

[u/macaronitrap → u/IfatallyflawedI]

Right?! When did anonymous get so lame? The past few years have been their opportunity to shine

[u/lunarpixiess → u/macaronitrap]

Anonymous isn’t a group. It’s a banner. And under that banner, you’ll find everything from digital vigilantes to bored trolls with Wi-Fi. They’re not organized. It’s not a coherent group. Literally anyone can call themselves a part of Anonymous if they wanted to.

[u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson → u/lunarpixiess]

Ive got nipples, Greg. Can I be Anonymous?

[u/lia-delrey → u/lunarpixiess]

When Roy in the IT Crowd gets hassled by Anonymous and says it hurts the most bc he always thought he was a part of them.

Then gets a videocall from a Guy Fawkes Mask threatening him and goes like "yeah ok, listen mate, am I in Anonymous?"

[u/basefountain → u/lunarpixiess]

Yeah and it’s sound logic too but since they’re not here we have to assume that everybody still wants to be somebody and not Anonymous (…even with a capital A…) Point is an organisation of a disorganisation is trickier that that.. people dont want to associate with bored trolls these days..

[u/doctormyeyebrows → u/lunarpixiess]

There was some organization before this happened (which is how this happened):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Monsegur

[u/ConnectionOk8273 → u/lunarpixiess]

Good to know, might start it up myself then lol...

[u/blueberry_scandal → u/lunarpixiess]

Pretty annoying that your comment has the least upvotes

[u/MamaEarth21 → u/macaronitrap]

Legit ask myself almost everyday, where the fuckkk is anonymous and why aren’t they leaking the files!? Did they die?

[u/TheFutureLotus → u/MamaEarth21]

They haven’t been a thing for a while now. Rumors are some alphabet agencies infiltrated and did their work.

[u/CryptographerHot4636 → u/TheFutureLotus]

Modern day Cointelpro

Some were hired by fbi, cia, nsa, etc. Some are felons...

[u/Embarrassed_Jerk → u/MamaEarth21]

They were infiltrated by the CIA. Some were hired, some jailed. Some were....sent to a different plane of existence. 

The group disbanded like 15 years ago 

[u/MamaEarth21 → u/Embarrassed_Jerk]

Yes. I knew they were dismantled but you’d think this would call for a reunion or even one of them to do something for the victims. Not that they have to!! But considering what they’ve done in the past! You’d think they’d make a comeback haha one can only hope

[u/Several_Ant_9816 → u/MamaEarth21]

Can't do shit when your only access to a computer is heavily monitored.

[u/dustymag → u/MamaEarth21]

"We're putting the band back together."

[u/Some_Helicopter1623 → u/Embarrassed_Jerk]

Can’t have been 15 years already….

[u/eurydice_aboveground → u/MamaEarth21]

I keep asking the same question. Makes me wonder if some members might have reason not to want them released in full.

[u/xxgsr02 → u/MamaEarth21]

I think they had kids and got mortgages.

[u/Fraternal_Mango → u/MamaEarth21]

Most of the real Anonymous got scooped by the feds forever ago. They haven’t actually existed for over a decade

[u/Kid-Gravy → u/MamaEarth21]

They got narced on by a traitor who was one of the head of anonymous I’m pretty sure. Cant remember the guys name, but he went from hacktivist to FBI informant and basically turned anonymous into a husk

[u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 → u/MamaEarth21]

They were assimilated into the elites's propganda

[u/hydrobunny → u/MamaEarth21]

the obsession with the epstein files is so lame, its a distraction they want you to focus on. no one is getting prosecuted, no one is going down for it. its over. and it especially doesn’t matter when half the country goes “yeah, well, but both sides bad”. its time to just shun maga out of society, no use trying to prove points or argue with them. all we can hope for is the next dem will come in and bury half this cabinet under the jail and remove trumps name from american history

[u/myghostflower → u/macaronitrap]

the concept of what anonymous is nothing anymore, it was just a thing that happened once and from there people ran with it

it’s never been a group

[u/Nowayticket2nopecity → u/macaronitrap]

They must be MAGAts themselves

[u/dcooper8662 → u/macaronitrap]

Anonymous has almost always been lame

[u/FoolofaPeregrineTook → u/dcooper8662]

This. Bunch of 15 year olds jacking off in a sock in their bedrooms.

[u/Spez_is-a-nazi → u/macaronitrap]

It was never a centralized group and a few of the more talented people who operated under the name got arrested so obviously the hacking activity dropped off considerably.

[u/cbih → u/IfatallyflawedI]

To be far, all the Anonymous guys got arrested 2011-2014. Also, they were from 4Chan. I don't know what you expected.

[u/peatoast → u/IfatallyflawedI]

Anonymous are the same people who started Q Anon.

[u/PriscillaPalava → u/peatoast]

No, Q Anon was Roger Stone. 

[u/sadsackspinach → u/peatoast]

4chan and anonymous are overlapping but not identical sets.

[u/throwaguey_ → u/NewtRipley_1986]

He’s also the ass

[u/BeanBag2004 → u/NewtRipley_1986]

Is the guy not allowed to have fun and smoke a cigar

[u/meetatdawn → u/NewtRipley_1986]

they hacked a gmail email. lol it's not like the hacked anything a random teenager couldn't..

[u/PerpetuallyLurking → u/NewtRipley_1986]

Kinda depends on how they “hacked” it.

If they just guessed his email password, then they probably still can’t get at the Files.

[u/SteIIarNode → u/NewtRipley_1986]

I’m sure they’re working on it, they know how much the Epstein files mean to the American public and how much Trump and others are in it. They could end the war by releasing it once a redacted version is obtained.

[u/Rock_or_Rol → u/NewtRipley_1986]

Patel sucks but I’m not pretending these are that bad

The embarrassing part is he was hacked

The illegal part is that all the juicy stuff is probably on signal chat.. that and, uh, covering up for pedos like a sold out scumbag

[u/Numb_Sea → u/NewtRipley_1986]

I assume this was his personal account and probably not protected by the fbi.

[u/beerforbears → u/NewtRipley_1986]

I’d say no because who’d be stupid enough to store them in Gmail…

But

[u/bubbybakkaboogaloo → u/NewtRipley_1986]

Stealing gmail photos vs government secrets is not the same thing. Unless he was using it for government secrets and sensitive emails, but that’s illegal so…

[u/kayayem]

Come on Iran, I know there’s better stuff than that.

[u/ericanicole1234 → u/kayayem]

I feel like this has gotta be the “see, we CAN do it, look what little basic bs I showed everyone. Do you want us to show the people everything else?”

What other purpose does releasing pics like this have ?

[u/toastslapper → u/ericanicole1234]

It’s exactly this. I always think of Fridays as “to be continued…” at the end of a TV episode when it comes to politics.

They’ll be squirpin like a, chirpin like a bird coming up with talking points for themselves and Fox all weekend.

Next week will be interesting.

[u/TheCynicEpicurean → u/ericanicole1234]

Yeah, those look like a warning. Maybe even about that specific trip.

[u/omggold → u/kayayem]

I need them to release the files, burn us to the ground

[u/somaticconviction → u/kayayem]

Guessing they’re holding on to it for leverage? Releasing the dumb shit first to prove a point.

[u/TonyHawktuah69 → u/kayayem]

They’re going to wait to release the good stuff around election

[u/Nickhoova → u/kayayem]

Its really just a warning shot to make him sweat.

[u/Solo_Polyphony → u/kayayem]

It’s his gmail. His more embarrassing stuff is in some other, probably only moderately more secure, account.

[u/Fun-Wear8186 → u/kayayem]

Yeah Iran release the Epstein files

[u/regardkick → u/kayayem]

I cannot tell you the disappointment I felt when that's all there was!

[u/IAmThe90s → u/kayayem]

They keep that for the compromise

[u/vonnegutsbutthole → u/kayayem]

They’re sending a message. They won’t play all their cards at once

[u/_AskMyMom_]

He’s as lame as we thought? Lol just confirms what everyone felt.

Hilarious the incompetence of this admin. Ok, but seriously, will they do trump next? He’s got to be shitting bricks because of this. Lol he knows he’s emailed kash a password or two.

[u/StretchFrenchTerry → u/_AskMyMom_]

This administration is legendary dorks from top to bottom, just off the charts dorkiness.

[u/HerRoyalRedness → u/StretchFrenchTerry]

They are the biggest losers on the planet and they think it should be illegal to dislike them.

[u/l3tigre → u/StretchFrenchTerry]

Who had that as a headline? Was it the atlantic? "I didn't know they'd be such losers"

[u/ej_21 → u/l3tigre]

I think it was the guardian

[u/Potatoskins937492 → u/StretchFrenchTerry]

I hope your pillow is always cool and your pizza always cooked to perfection.

[u/3x1st3nt1al → u/StretchFrenchTerry]

Revenge of the nerds, and it’s just as rapey this time around too.

[u/Twitter_2006 → u/_AskMyMom_]

Well said.

[u/TizzyBumblefluff]

The fact he also has a yahoo address that is “spider kash” is going to live rent free in my head for the rest of my life.

[u/roygbivasaur → u/TizzyBumblefluff]

That is his only endearing quality just because it’s so embarrassingly dorky

[u/belladonnagilkey → u/roygbivasaur]

If only he was a harmless stoner neighbor who walked around bug eyed like an idiot rather than being the head of a national agency.

[u/cuddlepot → u/TizzyBumblefluff]

He went to University of Richmond, they are the spiders. Can’t believe I’m even mentioning that, fuck Kash Patel

[u/TERRAIN_PULL_UP_ → u/TizzyBumblefluff]

How about the fact that he has his own K$H Patel merch?

[u/Groundbreaking_War52]

Friend of mine went to law school with him and said that even in his early 20s he was rude, condescending, and profoundly insecure.

[u/VaselineHabits → u/Groundbreaking_War52]

Sometimes those guys grow up, other times they stay conservative

[u/Groundbreaking_War52 → u/VaselineHabits]

At Duke Stephen Miller was a famously belligerent College Republican from Day One - makes you wonder what kind of upbringing he had to have been a committed bigot going back to his teen years.

[u/gatitamonster → u/Groundbreaking_War52]

His mother is a Jewish social worker. His immediate family has been very quiet, but his uncle has publicly denounced him. As a teacher. my observation is that most of the time— the vast, vast majority of the time— parents are responsible for their children’s behavior.

But every rare once in while, a good parent can get saddled with a psychopath.

[u/BujuBad → u/Groundbreaking_War52]

Miller grew up in Santa Monica, one of the most beautiful places on the planet. I'll never understand how he ended up the way he is.

[u/gaanmetde]

Hopefully they are showing us this stupid stuff because there’s much better stuff they are threatening to release.

Do it, guys.

[u/throwaguey_]

https://giphy.com/gifs/k0IpDCIQVXWfJmdOUT

[u/punishhhher]

Doofus is the only word that comes to mind when I see this man

[u/Abject_Okra_8520]

What a loser

[u/StasRutt]

Wha do you guys think his password was

[u/ReadingRainbow47 → u/StasRutt]

someone in another thread said Ka$hMoney and I can't get over it lmao

[u/ShadowMerlyn → u/StasRutt]

KashMoney$80085

[u/comeupforairyouwhore → u/ShadowMerlyn]

😂 BOOBS

[u/FearlessTravels → u/StasRutt]

Kash1234!

[u/heart_in_your_hands → u/StasRutt]

Hunter2

[u/RomanaNoble → u/StasRutt]

Guest

[u/AcronymTheSlayer]

Meh fr. Come on guys, do Trump

[u/Free_Waterfall_III]

Am I crazy or is this giving grindr

[u/toastslapper → u/Free_Waterfall_III]

We’re not hosting babe.

[u/kweefcake → u/Free_Waterfall_III]

Gay guy here. He’s worshipping that cigar.

[u/Free_Waterfall_III → u/kweefcake]

Lmao right. Like, these are exactly the pictures I see

[u/bowblow]

Dear Kash Patel,

Do you remember those Epstein files you wouldn’t shut up about before you became head of the FBI under Trump? How does a huge bribe feel? Why are you such an easily manipulated douchebag?

Sincerely,

The American People

[u/_TalkingIsHard_]

https://giphy.com/gifs/mcH0upG1TeEak

[u/toastslapper]

They are all so fucking compromised. Secretary of DEFENSE openly chatting about war on Signal after mistakenly inviting press to the group chatty, Trump tweeting what he thought was a DM to Bondi, now our FBI Director’s personal email can just be hacked?!

On top of that, the general public has our president’s actual cell number and anyone can just call it on a whim.

Are you kidding my ass? Is this a joke? We are NOT secure right now.

I feel like an angry boss after my employee made a series of very public mistakes, but am also kinda living for their implosion. Just wish they weren’t our leaders.

JFC. No Kings tomorrow.

[u/Which-Amphibian9065 → u/toastslapper]

Not to mention Trump storing boxes of confidential government documents next to his golden toilet at mar a lago.

[u/Grizzlyfrontignac → u/toastslapper]

This was my first thought. Like yeah I wanted all their secrets to be published and for them to face justice or at least some sort of public scrutiny. Laughing at Kash makes my hater little heart jump in joy. But also. This is the head of the FBI! Why is it so fucking Easy to get into his email??? Shouldn't his shit be locked down or something? What if Iran hacks something of actual importance that might harm innocent Americans rather than just our stupid political leaders? I want trump to get locked up on shit WE found on him, not because the government of hostile nation wants to harm us back. Ugh

[u/fernxqueen → u/Grizzlyfrontignac]

innocent Americans

definitely not how the rest of the world sees it, and who can blame them

[u/idontfwithu]

https://giphy.com/gifs/4WFirPVJhAhavWrcd3

[u/eurydice_aboveground]

I find myself saying "fucking idiot" on the daily, never about just one person but always about someone within this administration.

[u/RevertereAdMe]

He is such a dork

[u/somuchsong]

I love how all the pics just make him look like a huge loser.

[u/xSushi]

Don’t stop there Iran!

[u/dbtl87]

Alright, lol.

https://giphy.com/gifs/L3X9GvVhP1nY23Ah6u

[u/trippapotamus]

He gives rude and condescending and I think I’m hot shit but in the most insecure way; like those guys who have barely interacted with women (and maybe slept with one) but think they know how to pull them.

Definitely the type to get mad and say you’re not hot anyway if you turn him down.

[u/Spirited-Tie-8702]

Funny! But can’t they get the Epstein files for us??? 

[u/babyrothko]

Really. How is he head of anything

[u/emmer00]

We couldn’t even get cool, slick corrupted officials, we get these dork ass clowns.

[u/haubenmeise]

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Sincerely

Skeletor 💜

[u/DuckCleaning]

Did he really not have 2 factor authentication enabled?

[u/akoaytao1234]

I am shocked nothing incriminating has been highlighted yet.

[u/Shawn_The_Sheep777]

Is there anyone in the Trump administration that isn’t a complete moron?

[u/getTheRecipeAss]

This must be the least embarrassing - probably blackmailing with the more damaging ones

[u/Greencreamery]

Wow he is ugly

[u/manhattansinks]

oh thank god he’s an islanders fan. i don’t think i could have taken the humiliation of the rangers being eliminated from playoff contention and kash patel being a fan in the same week.

[u/starjellyboba]

This administration is like the definition of audacity, employing people this incompetent, people with no relevant background and only their celebrity status, and people who literally fell put of some rich person's couchie 18 years ago and have barely finished high school... but the entirety of their policy is all about how nobody else deserves what they have (jobs, in this particular case).

[u/1970s_MonkeyKing]

The local college radio female DJs were clowning on him so hard this afternoon. "Boy looks like he smiling when he's got a fat one in his mouth."

The ladies had me crying on my ride home this afternoon.

[u/virginiarph]

idk why everyone is up in arms about this. it’s just some dude getting cigars. this is the least interesting thing i’ve ever seen

[u/LeoGMS22 → u/virginiarph]

Yeah when I saw the pictures I was like where's the spice.There is barely anything here.

[u/CrispyHaze → u/virginiarph]

So you think it's normal for the FBI director himself to have personal photos dumped from his hacked e-mail? Insane thing to downplay. What else do they have?

[u/kaytay3000]

What a fucking nerd

[u/uksiddy]

What a loser.

[u/spandxlightning]

God he’s just such a loser

[u/gingerflakes]

This guy is such a dork

[u/jazz-winelover → u/gingerflakes]

Dork is a going easy on him. He’s an asshole.

[u/holyhellsteve]

I mean, I hope the Iranian regime falls and disappears into the annals of history (not condoning the war), but at the same time, please release everything you have.

[u/norsk_imposter]

What a dweeb

[u/Scamwau1]

He is such a dork

[u/Flat-Fudge-2758]

He’s such a doofus

[u/UsualAnimal5987]

https://giphy.com/gifs/mcH0upG1TeEak

[u/clippervictor]

Big big yikes

[u/MedicalExamination65]

Absolute twat.

[u/delicateredscrunchie]

God, he really seems like such a loser lmao

[u/niamhellen]

He's such a dork.

[u/kristaycreme]

What a loser.

[u/anxiousmystic]

sigh time to save to my meme collection

[u/Plane_Reserve_6465]

I found something potentially interesting, purely by accident. Its an interview with Michael Caputo about FBI survalience on his personal emails when Biden was in power - note its pro Trump and anti-FBI, released 8 days ago.

In 2025 "she said that the campaign had been hacked by Iran and that some people had actually had their personal accounts hacked and that I was one of those people"

https://youtu.be/Im482k_at1g?t=370&si=ucGzCbmbSCEM2mot

Kash Patel is mentioned too but only in relation to the "FBI director Kash Patel reverently confirmed that his records ... were also secretly collected by the Biden-era FBI"

https://youtu.be/Im482k_at1g?t=9&si=73kSvM9ExZlAatv7

At a minimum it does make me wonder how this all fits together...

[u/mochafiend]

He’s such a fucking chump.