A pot-smoking student has claimed that he hacked into the personal email account of the head of the CIA, John Brennan. He also gained access to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson’s Internet Service Provider account and apparently listened to voicemail from the account.
The student, who understandably wishes to remain anonymous, claims that the ease of breaking into the accounts on a scale of one to ten “was a one,” insisting that he could have done it “with one hand” and “with no teeth.” Since when did hacking require teeth?
He also revealed that CIA Director, John Brennan, had stored highly sensitive data on his personal email account. This includes the names, social security numbers and phone numbers of 20 intelligence officials. Coming off the back of the whole Hillary Clinton episode, you’d think intelligence officials would be much wiser.
The student, who claims to be below the age of 22, spoke with CNN and stated that he did it while smoking marijuana. He added that he was just a guy who liked computers and “is not a terrorist, but just a white boy.” Because white boys could never be terrorists, could they? He then stated:
“I’m going to go to Russia and chill with (Edward) Snowden, because the government are going to be pretty mad about this. I’m probably going to get tortured. I’m actually a pretty fast runner”
According to his interview with Sky News, he prank-called John Brennan of the CIA multiple times. On the first call he taunted Brennan by reciting his Social Security number to him, which prompted Brennan to hang up. He called back another time, prompting Brennan to ask what it is he wanted. The hacker responded “$2 trillion.” Brennan seemed to take this as a joke, which it probably was, as he then asked “seriously, how much do you want?” So the United States doesn’t negotiate with terrorists, but it does negotiate with Cyber-Terrorists? Is this what the Director of the CIA is telling us?
The student himself stated that all he wanted was to “Free Gaza” and “Free Palestine.” While his goals may seem noble, his methods are questionable indeed. The FBI are reportedly looking into the matter. If he was able to hack into the head of the CIA’s email account while high, think of his capabilities while sober!
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