FBI investigating 'a stoner high school student's' claim to have hacked CIA director's email accounts
CIA and Homeland Security officials said the matter was referred to the proper authorities and would not comment further.
The FBI is investigating a teenage hacker's claims to have breached the personal email accounts of the CIA director and the secretary of Homeland Security, according to a law enforcement official.
An anonymous hacker posted online contact lists and other documents he claims were stolen from the AOL account of CIA Director John Brennan, as well as personal information from the Comcast billing account of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.
The hacker also claimed to have a copy of Brennan's application for a security clearance, known as an SF86, found in Brennan's AOL account. But that document has so far not appeared online. This year, hackers linked to China stole millions of security clearance files stored by the US Office of Personnel Management.
The possible infiltration into his personal correspondence would be embarrassing for Brennan, who this year established a new Directorate for Digital Innovation at the CIA that was designed in part to figure out how to better hide the digital footprints of agency employees.
CIA and Homeland Security officials said the matter was referred to the proper authorities and would not comment further. The FBI would not comment on the claims.
first reported the breach. The hacker, who uses the nickname "cracka", contacted the last week to get attention for his exploits.
