Wednesday 28 October 2015

WIKILEAKS AND CIA CHIEF BRENNAN’S EMAILS; THE ROUNDUP SO FAR

The fallout from the social-engineering hack of CIA chief John Brennan’s personal email account continues. WikiLeaks has released a third batch of personal emails. Among information such as an “unidentified Brennan Group,” a detailed dossier of an FBI agent and insight into geopolitical world politics, CIA Director Brennan’s email contacts list included a certain “hottie _200518 @ yahoo.com”

Less than a week ago, it was revealed that teenage hackers gained access to the CIA Director’s personal email through a simple social engineering hack. At the time, the incident had conflicting reports, which while amusing at first quickly turned into an embarrassment when the hack was confirmed to be true.

To make matters worse for CIA head Brennan, the hackers who call themselves “Cracka and associates”handed over the emails to chief-whistleblower and transparency organization WikiLeaks.

In taking up the mantle, WikiLeaks has published three batches of the CIA Director’s personal emails to date. For the full article click here



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