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CIA chief John Brennan said Tuesday he was "outraged" that hackers broke into his personal email account, and faulted the media for its coverage of the incident.
WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy group, began releasing documents from Brennan's private AOL account last week, days after a teenage hacker was reported to have claimed he had gained access to the account.
"I was certainly concerned about what people might try to do with that information," he told a conference on national security in Washington, criticizing the media for "giving air to what is criminal activity."
The documents released so far have included a contact list, policy recommendations on Afghanistan and Pakistan, and his family's addresses and phone numbers.
Although an embarrassment, the document dump has not exposed national security secrets, and Brennan appears to have stopped using the account in 2008 when he rejoined the government after a period in private life.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Francis on Sunday November 01 2015, @03:26PM
They're not supposed to fight back. In my experience a large portion of bullies are cowards and ultimately can't handle being attacked.
Anyways, it's just rich that after years of illegal and abusive tactics the CIA is surprised that other people can get into email accounts. It's not like this account was even hosted by the CIA's IT department either.