CIA Director's Emails Were Hacked By A High School Kid?

2015-10-19T11:36:40-04:00

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3278795/High-school-student-claims-hacked-CIA-director-s-private-AOL-email-posted-contact-list-online.html

High school student claims to have hacked CIA director's private email

The unidentified hacker told the New York Post that the CIA director had information stored on a non-government account on AOL that included private data on intelligence officials.

Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Oct 19 at 2015 11:39 AM

2015-10-19T11:39:00-04:00

Unidentified hacker tells New York Post he hacked John Brennan's email
Twitter accounts have linked to supposed contact list and call log of Deputy National Security Advisor Avril Haines
Supposed hacker claims to have tricked Verizon employee into revealing Brennan's personal information and then accessing account.

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Oct 19 at 2015 11:47 AM

2015-10-19T11:47:40-04:00

Don't see a problem, unless there was classified material being discussed.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Oct 19 at 2015 12:08 PM

2015-10-19T12:08:09-04:00

OPSEC seems to have been neglected in this administration.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 19 at 2015 4:10 PM

2015-10-19T16:10:57-04:00

It was his personal email account. I can say with a high degree of certainty that his password was "password," or something equally easy.

Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Oct 21 at 2015 3:25 PM

2015-10-21T15:25:44-04:00

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/itinsider/wikileaks-claims-to-have-the-cia-director%e2%80%99s-personal-emails-%e2%80%94-and-plans-to-release-them/ar-BBmi65B?ocid=spartandhp

WikiLeaks claims to have the CIA director’s personal emails — and plans to release them

WikiLeaks claims to have obtained the contents of CIA Director John Brennan's personal AOL email account — and that they'll be released "shortly." Earlier this week, a teenage hacker claimed to have obtained Brennan's AOL emails. The hacker could very well have passed them off to WikiLeaks. We're not sure what's in Brennan's private emails, so it's hard to say how bad this is for him or for the US government. But, coming at the same time as...