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Wild Affidavit Captures John Bolton Scrambling After Iranian Hackers Cracked His AOL Account

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Rod Lamkey/APJohn Bolton, the one-time staple of U.S. national security who is now accused of mishandling classified information, first realized that Iranian hackers had broken into his AOL account on a Tuesday morning in the summer of 2021 — as he and his assistant noticed how emails in his message list went from bold to regular font before their very eyes.They were reading his incoming emails in real time.Making matters worse, whoever was on t…

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Federal investigators have revealed disturbing new details about an Iranian hacking operation that targeted former national security advisor John Bolton, mocking him as “Mr. Mustache” while threatening to leak allegedly classified material stolen from his personal email. The Iranian hackers reportedly contacted Bolton’s aide in July 2021, claiming to possess sensitive information and warning that the contents “could be the biggest scandal since …

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