Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked

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The merchandise website of FBI manager Kash Patel was taken offline connected Friday aft reports that it had been hijacked by hackers trying to infect visitors with malware, as archetypal reported by Straight Arrow News.

As of this writing, the website of Based Apparel is offline. On Thursday, an X idiosyncratic who goes by Debbie posted that the brand’s website seemingly had malware connected it, successful peculiar an infostealer, a benignant of malicious bundle designed to infect victims and bargain their credentials and passwords. A information researcher later analyzed the malware. 

Brand Apparel could not beryllium reached for comment. TechCrunch emailed a Gmail code antecedently associated with Patel, but we person not received an answer.  

This was not a bully week for information for MAGA-associated concern ventures. 

On Friday, President Trump’s cellphone supplier and shaper of Trump Mobile confirmed that the institution near customers’ idiosyncratic accusation exposed online, including names, email addresses, mailing addresses, compartment numbers, and bid identifiers. The confirmation came days aft a researcher alerted 2 YouTubers who had purchased Trump Mobile’s phone, that their idiosyncratic information was exposed connected the internet. 

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