The website of Kash Patel’s clothing brand has been shut down after reports it was hacked

FBI Director Kash Patel’s product website was shut down on Friday after reports it had been compromised by hackers trying to infect visitors with malware. As first reported by Straight Arrow News.

As of this writing, Based Apparel’s website is offline. On Thursday, user X named Debbie to publish The brand’s website appears to contain malware, specifically a stealth bot, a type of malware designed to infect victims and steal their credentials and passwords. Security researcher He later analyzed the malware.

Brand Apparel could not be reached for comment. TechCrunch sent an email to the Gmail address previously associated with Patel, but we did not receive a response.

This has not been a good week for the security of MAGA-related businesses.

On Friday, President Trump’s mobile phone provider and maker of Trump Mobile She confirmed that the company left customers’ personal information exposed onlineincluding names, email addresses, postal addresses, cell numbers, and order IDs. Confirmation came days later A researcher alerted two YouTube users Those who purchased a Trump Mobile phone said their personal data had been exposed on the Internet.