'The FBI is aware of malicious actors targeting Director Patel's personal email information, and we have taken all necessary steps to mitigate potential risks associated with this activity,' a spokesperson for the FBI told TechCrunch in a statement. 'The information in question is historical in nature and involves no government information.' TechCrunch confirmed that at least some of the emails leaked by Handala were from Patel's alleged Gmail account by verifying information contained within the message headers. These message headers contain information from the sender that helps email delivery systems confirm that an email is genuine and not a spoof. We used a tool to verify several emails in the leaked cache of files that were sent by Patel from his Gmail account. These emails contained cryptographic signatures that matched the messages, which strongly suggests that the emails we checked are authentic. In some cases, Patel appears to have sent emails from his former Justice...
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