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15-Year-Old Schoolboy Posed as CIA Chief to Hack Highly Sensitive Information

Hackers posed as John Brennan and tricked call centre and helpline staff into giving away broadband and cable passwords. Also gained access to plans for intelligence operations in Afghanistan and Iran. Now 18-year-old hacker targeted then CIA director John Brennan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, FBI deputy director Mark Giuliano, as well as other senior FBI figures. Gamble was arrested in February 2016 at his council home in Coalville and pleaded guilty to 8 charges of “performing a function with intent to secure unauthorised access”

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2018/01/crackas-with-attitude-hacker.html

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