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Teen says he hacked CIA director's AOL account

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Re: Teen says he hacked CIA director's AOL account

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Post by pavornyoh »

tvon wrote: post #5
drig wrote: post #3

Why do they keep referring to this guy as a "stoner"? What he smokes doesn't seem to be at all related to what he's done.

This is the NY Post. Also, what is a NY Post story doing here?

>Also, what is a NY Post story doing here?

NY Post was the first to break the news and it is all over the news- CNN, Fox, etc.. Can't find the link to them but here it is herehttp://www.computerworld.com/article/2994451/cybercrime-hack...

Re: Teen says he hacked CIA director's AOL account

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Post by rcurry »

I'm less concerned about the hacker, and more concerned that the Director of the CIA not only has an aol.com email account but also uses that account to transmit sensitive information.

I'm not just saying this to be a jerk - this should be grounds for immediate termination of his employment. This is clearly a guy who shows poor judgement with respect to the management of sensitive material.

Also, from the article:

"[The] problem with these older-generation guys is that they don’t know anything about cybersecurity, and as you can see, it can be problematic.”

On the contrary - these "older-generation guys" cut their teeth in an environment where we were going head-to-head with the KGB on a daily basis. These guys have a solid understanding and awareness of basic information security procedures, as well as a strong understanding of adversary capabilities. I don't buy it.

Re: Teen says he hacked CIA director's AOL account

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Post by baconner »

All this time I had assumed when Brennan called for dangerous things like encryption back doors he must understand the negative impacts would be but just didn't care as long as it helped the CIA. Now I'm thinking he actually doesn't know what he's talking about at all which is somehow even worse. An AOL email account with confidential files in it? Unbelievable.

Re: Teen says he hacked CIA director's AOL account

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Post by OscarCunningham »

pavornyoh wrote: post #4
ChuckMcM wrote: post #2

I can believe that the information security is atrocious for folks unwilling or unable to adopt agency policies, but how stupid do you have to be to poke the head of the CIA in public?

Agreed. Also this in the post>The hacker contacted The Post last week to brag about his exploits, which include posting some of the stolen documents and a portion of Brennan’s contact list on Twitter. Like seriously, it is like begging to be apprehended.

Once you've hacked the CIA it's probably easier to go public, so that you know the CIA probably won't just kill you.

Re: Teen says he hacked CIA director's AOL account

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Post by pavornyoh »

A bit of a naive question but can someone answer this for me? To be a CIA Director, isn't it a requirement to have some sort of a technical background that way whoever is in the role is able to anticipate and always be a step head when it comes to these sort of problems?
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