According to a report in the New York Post, a high school student, who along with a friend who refers to themselves as Crackas With Attitude (CWA), claimed to have hacked the private email account of CIA Director John Brennan.

The teenager said he used social engineering on Verizon workers to gain access to Brennan's AOL account. Once in, he claims to have read more than three dozen emails. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reportedly looking into the incident.

Part of the claim is that he found Brennans security clearance application and Social Security numbers and other personal information on more than 12 U.S. intelligence officers.

Adam Levin, chairman and founder of IDT911, expressed dismay at the news. "Which part of the concept - the Cyber War has replaced the Cold War - isn't clear to very high ranking intelligence officials? In light of the relentless and sophisticated assaults on public and private sector American databases (and the Hilary email-gate issue that won't die - Bernie Sanders to the contrary notwithstanding), it should cause countless sleepless nights for our leaders in Washington as well as the rest of us.”

Levin commented that government personnel are in the cross hairs by state sponsored hackers as well as those who hack because they can.

That the teen could “gather significant rose buds of PII from major American corporations confirms yet again that we have not adopted the culture of security so desperately required in today's globalized and interconnected world,” Levin said.

Source: SCMagazine