A self-proclaimed marijuana junky claims he hacked into CIA Director John Brennan’s personal email account and has posted the documents found online, including names and Social Security numbers of possible agents, email addresses of top officials from Brennan’s contact file, and more.
The CIA said it referred the matter to the proper authorities, but would not comment further.
The anonymous hacker originally spoke to the New York Post, which described him in an article published Sunday as “a stoner high school student,” motivated by his opposition to U.S. foreign policy and support for Palestinians. His Twitter account, @phphax, includes links to files that he says are Brennan’s contact list, a log of phone calls by then-CIA deputy director Avril Haines, and other documents.
The hacker also claimed to have breached a Comcast account belonging to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, and released what appeared to be personal information.
One document purporting to come from Brennan’s AOL email account contains a spreadsheet of people, including senior intelligence officials, along with their Social Security numbers. It’s unclear why Brennan would have stored such sensitive information in his private email account.
When people visit the White House and other secure facilities, they are required to supply their Social Security numbers. Brennan could have been forwarding a list of invitees to the White House when he was President Barack Obama’s counter terrorism adviser, the job he held before he became CIA director in 2013.
Security experts advise people not to email Social Security numbers, and some companies have software that automatically blocks an email if it detects characters in the format of a Social Security number.
The hacker told the Post he had also obtained a 47-page version of Brennan’s application for a security clearance, known as an SF86. That document — millions of which were stolen from the federal personnel office last year by hackers linked to China — contains detailed information about past jobs, foreign contacts, finances and other sensitive personal details.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
HaHaHaHaHa. What an EFFIN JOKE these FOOLS are. Even if the Stoner thing is a lie and it’s China or Russia behind it it’s STIIL a TOTAL DISGRACE!! You CAN’T make THIS kind of CRAP up!!
Pretty sad when a high school kid is more talented and computer smart then the governments highly paid computer techs.
The special techs are there because some one paid some one. Just like all of those other polititians. Political science is learning who and when to tap for favors
Brennan must have gotten first hand info. on private E-Mail accounts from Hitlery. ……” Turds of a feather”
Will eventually flush together
As long as this guy gets 15 to 20years then this is all okay.
I think Mr. Brennan probably needs to find a different line of work. It would be interesting to know if Brennan’s password was something like “password” or “123456.”
What goes around comes around.
This should be used to show everyone how truly serious Hillary Clinton’s decision to put Top Secret data on her personal server has been. There is no doubt that foreign intelligence officials have everything she sent or received. If she doesn’t go to prison, there’s two justice systems here. One’s for the rich and politically connected and the other for everyone else.