Stoner high school student says he hacked the CIA

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://nypost.com/2015/10/18/stoner-high-school-student-says-he-hacked-the-cia/

By Philip Messing, Jamie Schram and Bruce Golding
The New York Post
October 18, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s e-mail scandal didn’t stop the head of the CIA 
from using his own personal AOL account to stash work-related documents, 
according to a stoner high-school student who claims to have hacked into 
them.

CIA Director John Brennan’s private account held sensitive files — 
including his 47-page application for top-secret security clearance — 
until he recently learned that it had been infiltrated, the hacker told 
The Post.

Other e-mails stored in Brennan’s non-government account contained the 
Social Security numbers and personal information of more than a dozen top 
American intelligence officials, as well as a government letter about the 
use of “harsh interrogation techniques” on terrorism suspects, according 
to the hacker.

The FBI and other federal agencies are now investigating the hacker, with 
one source saying criminal charges are possible, law-enforcement sources 
said.

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