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	"title": "LockBit taunts FBI Director Kash Patel with alleged “Classified” leak threat",
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	"plain_text": "LockBit taunts FBI Director Kash Patel with alleged “Classified”\r\nleak threat\r\nBy Pierluigi Paganini\r\nPublished: 2025-02-25 · Archived: 2026-04-05 15:48:02 UTC\r\n Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2025\r\nLockBit claims to have “classified information” for FBI Director Kash Patel that\r\ncould “destroy” the agency if leaked.\r\nThe ransomware gang LockBit sent a strange message to newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel, they offer\r\nalleged “classified information” that could “destroy” this agency if publicly disclosed.\r\nThe ransomware group published the message on their dark web leak site, specifically referring to the agency’s\r\nnew director Patel.\r\nhttps://securityaffairs.com/174639/cyber-crime/lockbit-taunts-fbi-director-kash-patel.html\r\nPage 1 of 3\n\n“Dear Kash Patel! I wish you Happy Birthday! I also congratulate you on your position as the ninth di\r\nYou are surrounded by liars, professional manipulators, respected Kash Patel. The so-called \"agents\"\r\nI have been called \"extortionist and \"blackmailer\" a lot, but I am a worthy son of the American Fathe\r\n\"My business, from which I have paid so much tax, post-paid pentest, I created only to make us all, i\r\nA safer, more secure place from the Real Threat - trans-continental pro-state group that attacks crit\r\nBut these very real extortionists, liars, blackmailers, manipulators, known to you as subordinates —\r\nThe message author describes himself as “an honest businessman,” explaining that the FBI is “the real threat” to\r\nthe U.S.\r\nThe group invites Patel to contact the LockBit gang to receive an archive containing classified information that\r\ncould reveal the alleged agency’s dirty face.\r\n“I am an honest businessman who paid so much tax to Our American Treasury and never did a Tax Refund\r\nThis message appears to be a conspiratorial and dramatic statement claiming to possess critical information related\r\nto U.S. national security. It frames the information as being aligned with Donald Trump’s search for the “truth”\r\nwhile positioning itself as a weapon against “lies” and “fakes.” The writer implies that the information is so\r\ndamaging it could potentially ruin the FBI as an institution, yet they express hesitation about making it public. The\r\nmessage is vague, emotionally charged, and suggests an urgent need for direct contact, which is a common tactic\r\nin manipulative or deceptive communication.\r\n\"This information is for the benefit of the National Security of the United States of America, inform\r\nhttps://securityaffairs.com/174639/cyber-crime/lockbit-taunts-fbi-director-kash-patel.html\r\nPage 2 of 3\n\nThe statement referenced Patel’s comment last year about shutting down the FBI HQ on “day one” and turning it\r\ninto a “deep state museum.”\r\nThe group also published a 7z password-protected archive titled\r\n“personal_gift_for_new_director_FBI_Kash_Patel.7z.”\r\nIt is unclear if the LockBit gang possesses the confidential documents it claims, but experts speculate the group is\r\ntrying to gain attention after law enforcement shut down its infrastructure in February 2024.\r\nFollow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon\r\nPierluigi Paganini\r\n(SecurityAffairs – hacking, LockBit ransomware gang)\r\nSource: https://securityaffairs.com/174639/cyber-crime/lockbit-taunts-fbi-director-kash-patel.html\r\nhttps://securityaffairs.com/174639/cyber-crime/lockbit-taunts-fbi-director-kash-patel.html\r\nPage 3 of 3",
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