U.S. Spy Chiefs Accounts Hacked by High Schoolers
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 01/13/2016 10:28 AM
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US spy chief James Clapper's personal online accounts have been hacked. A few months earlier, CIA director John Brennan suffered a similar attack.
Spokesman Brian Hale said: "We are aware of the matter and we reported it to the appropriate authorities.”
Online magazine Motherboard reported that a teen hacker who goes by "Cracka" claimed to have hacked Clapper's home telephone and Internet accounts, his personal email, and his wife's Yahoo email.
In his report to Motherboard, Cracka said that he had changed the settings on Clapper's Verizon account so that calls to his home were rerouted to the California-based Free Palestine Movement.
Cracka is part of a group called "Crackas with Attitude." That group took responsibility for hacking Brennans email account.
The group has said they are high school students.
Source: Security Week
Spokesman Brian Hale said: "We are aware of the matter and we reported it to the appropriate authorities.”Online magazine Motherboard reported that a teen hacker who goes by "Cracka" claimed to have hacked Clapper's home telephone and Internet accounts, his personal email, and his wife's Yahoo email.
In his report to Motherboard, Cracka said that he had changed the settings on Clapper's Verizon account so that calls to his home were rerouted to the California-based Free Palestine Movement.
Cracka is part of a group called "Crackas with Attitude." That group took responsibility for hacking Brennans email account.
The group has said they are high school students.
Source: Security Week
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