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Feds Looking Into Reports CIA Director's Email Was Hacked (nbcnews.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The FBI and Secret Service are looking into reports that non-government personal accounts of CIA Director John Brennan and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson were hacked. NBC reports: "Questions over a possible hacking of a private email account belonging to the CIA director arose late on Sunday after the New York Post published a story in which a hacker claimed to have gained access to the account. Described by the Post as a 'stoner high school student,' the individual claimed to have taken documents that included the Social Security numbers of top intelligence officials, among other information."
ComputerWorld's story on the hack describes some of the images published by the hacker as well, poking fun at Brennan: Another screenshot shows Brennan’s wireless phone bill as the hacker taunted the CIA to “step your game up homies, we own everything of you.” One tweet contains a screenshot of suspicious activity logs as Brennan was “trying to get CWA arrested.” Yet another shows a CIA Office of General Counsel fax cover page. Supposedly, Brennan offered the hacker money to “leave him alone.”
you appoint someone like Jeh Johnson, who was a former Democrat fundraiser, for his political connections rather than his ability.
Why, this is ridiculous. Everyone knows that these personal email servers are secure and aren't a national security risk. Some of our top decision makers have been reassuring us of this all year.
They wouldn't use these simply to subvert record-keeping laws and hide their activities from freedom of information act requests and the like, now would they?
That "stoner kid" is about to have the weight of the world land on her shoulders....
My eyes reflect the stars and a smile lights up my face.
Under 20s: wut's email lol?