Security News > 2016 > February > Underage Hacker Is behind Attacks against US Government (Schneier on Security)
2016-02-18 12:02
It's a teenager: British police have arrested a teenager who allegedly was behind a series of audacious -- and, for senior U.S. national security officials, embarrassing -- hacks targeting personal accounts or top brass at the CIA, FBI, Homeland Security Department, the White House and other federal agencies, according to U.S. officials briefed on the investigation. [...] The prominent victims...
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