Wednesday, February 17, 2016

You must be at least 52" to hack the head of the CIA

Stephen emails to point out this bit of hilarity:
A British teenager is suspected of being a mystery hacker who infiltrated the personal email account of the director of the CIA and posting personal details online.

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It is alleged that Cracka called US Internet provider Verizon posing as a technician and persuaded them to hand over personal details of Mr Brennan’s AOL email address.
He then allegedly called AOL and convinced a representative to reset the password, using the personal details he obtained from Verizon to get through security.
Yeah, OK, this is an old trick.  But the kid was 15 years old at the time.

Note: this was not his government email, it was his personal account on AOL.  Why the Director of the CIA is on AOL is perhaps the biggest cause for concern ...

5 comments:

libertyman said...

Couldn't he use a private server in some closet somewhere?

ASM826 said...

Maybe he was using an AOL account to circumvent the recordkeeping on his official mailbox.

Did he own a Samsung TV, too?

Comrade Misfit said...

AOL? Did he have a free 3.5" floppy lying around, somewhere?

Jeffrey Smith said...

He probably figured the last place to look for the head of the CIA was on AOL.

Guffaw in AZ said...

"Why the Director of the CIA is on AOL is perhaps the biggest cause for concern."
THERE's the question!

He probably uses Netscape, as well...

And drives a 1928 Porter.

gfa