Iranian hackers have reached their tentacles into the incoming Trump Administration after the President-elect’s FBI chief top pick, Kash Patel, was targeted by a cyber attack, according to reports. CNN cited two sources,

Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and intelligence community.

The apparent hackers targeted Kash Patel's communications, but whether they succeeded and how much access they had to the data is still being investigated, the sources said.