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Eric O'Neill

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The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

Two of the members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were indicted for an attack in August of this year. And they were indicted in September for an attack in August. And now the most recent attack, you know, the most high profile one they're going after all Trump and his associates was the the nominee for the FBI director or something.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

You know, I'm really interested in Kash Patel as Trump's pick for the FBI director. And he was directly targeted in a Iranian cyber attack. And I can promise you we're going to see a lot more of this.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

You know, I'm really interested in Kash Patel as Trump's pick for the FBI director. And he was directly targeted in a Iranian cyber attack. And I can promise you we're going to see a lot more of this.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

You know, I'm really interested in Kash Patel as Trump's pick for the FBI director. And he was directly targeted in a Iranian cyber attack. And I can promise you we're going to see a lot more of this.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

Well, there are a couple of reasons for an intelligence group to launch attacks against a campaign. One is they want to uncover policy decisions. They want to look at communications. And from what we know from the attack on Patel, it looks like they were able to access some of his private communications and get into his data. That could be email. It could be his phone records.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

Well, there are a couple of reasons for an intelligence group to launch attacks against a campaign. One is they want to uncover policy decisions. They want to look at communications. And from what we know from the attack on Patel, it looks like they were able to access some of his private communications and get into his data. That could be email. It could be his phone records.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

Well, there are a couple of reasons for an intelligence group to launch attacks against a campaign. One is they want to uncover policy decisions. They want to look at communications. And from what we know from the attack on Patel, it looks like they were able to access some of his private communications and get into his data. That could be email. It could be his phone records.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

Because they want to know what the future FBI director is going to do, you know, against the Iranian threat here on our soil or in cyberspace. That's very helpful to any country who is in conflict with us. You know, they also probably want to create disinformation campaigns, you know, encourage Americans to lose faith in the Trump campaign and, you know, in the future presidency.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

Because they want to know what the future FBI director is going to do, you know, against the Iranian threat here on our soil or in cyberspace. That's very helpful to any country who is in conflict with us. You know, they also probably want to create disinformation campaigns, you know, encourage Americans to lose faith in the Trump campaign and, you know, in the future presidency.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

Because they want to know what the future FBI director is going to do, you know, against the Iranian threat here on our soil or in cyberspace. That's very helpful to any country who is in conflict with us. You know, they also probably want to create disinformation campaigns, you know, encourage Americans to lose faith in the Trump campaign and, you know, in the future presidency.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

That's right around the corner, starting right around the corner. And, you know, Russia does this, China does this, and Iran also plays in the same game.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

That's right around the corner, starting right around the corner. And, you know, Russia does this, China does this, and Iran also plays in the same game.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

That's right around the corner, starting right around the corner. And, you know, Russia does this, China does this, and Iran also plays in the same game.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

Every single campaign, every four years, and even in the two-year congressional campaign seasons, there is an alert by the FBI and CIA and others saying that there are attacks that are coming. be prepared, be ready, upgrade your cybersecurity. But these attacks always are successful in one shape or form. I'm not surprised.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

Every single campaign, every four years, and even in the two-year congressional campaign seasons, there is an alert by the FBI and CIA and others saying that there are attacks that are coming. be prepared, be ready, upgrade your cybersecurity. But these attacks always are successful in one shape or form. I'm not surprised.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

Every single campaign, every four years, and even in the two-year congressional campaign seasons, there is an alert by the FBI and CIA and others saying that there are attacks that are coming. be prepared, be ready, upgrade your cybersecurity. But these attacks always are successful in one shape or form. I'm not surprised.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

I wish I could say I was surprised, but some of these attacks are insidious and they're very hard to defend against. Yes, we should see them coming, I don't blame him for being breached. Now, it is a little embarrassing. And, you know, there's a feather in the cap for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, their cyber attack group, to say that we got the potential future director of the FBI.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

I wish I could say I was surprised, but some of these attacks are insidious and they're very hard to defend against. Yes, we should see them coming, I don't blame him for being breached. Now, it is a little embarrassing. And, you know, there's a feather in the cap for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, their cyber attack group, to say that we got the potential future director of the FBI.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

I wish I could say I was surprised, but some of these attacks are insidious and they're very hard to defend against. Yes, we should see them coming, I don't blame him for being breached. Now, it is a little embarrassing. And, you know, there's a feather in the cap for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, their cyber attack group, to say that we got the potential future director of the FBI.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | December 7th, 2024: Will Assad Survive in Syria? & Iranian Hackers Target Kash Patel

I am worried about what data they did steal because they could use it to embarrass him or undermine him if he does take the seat as the director in the Hoover building. But I think we need to do better. We need to do better across not only government and future government, but all industries and defending against a very persistent and current threat in nation state cyber attacks.