Hackers Target U.S. Intelligence Director

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2497873,00.asp

By Don Reisinger
pcmag.com
January 14, 2016

The so-called "teenage hackers" who last year found their way into the CIA 
director's AOL email account are back at it, according to a report.

A member of hacking group "Crackas with Attitude (CWA)" contacted Vice's 
Motherboard to inform the publication that it hacked several accounts 
owned by James Clapper, U.S. director of national intelligence.

According to Motherboard, hackers broke into Clapper's FiOS account and 
forward all phone calls to the Free Palestine Movement. They also hacked 
his wife's Yahoo account. Clapper's office confirmed the breach to 
Motherboard, but declined to elaborate.

CWA came on the hacking scene in a big way last year after hacking CIA 
Director John Brennan's personal email account. Upon doing so, they 
claimed to have gained access to several tools and portals used by U.S. 
agencies.

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