Overview
- Fine says a fake Newsmax booking email tried to lure his office into an interview using the spoofed domain news-max.org with links that did not work.
- His staff believed the message sought access to his personal Google account, which could expose account credentials or reveal travel patterns through location data.
- U.S. Capitol Police told Fine the email could trace to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and moved to set a call with the FBI Cyber Task Force.
- Fine reported the incident to the FBI, and a source told Fox News the bureau connected with him and opened an investigation, though the FBI declined comment.
- This report comes after the FBI confirmed in March that an Iran-linked group called the Handala Hack Team breached Kash Patel’s personal email, pointing to recent Iran-related targeting of U.S. figures.