A personal email account of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly was hacked, according to an email obtained by Buzzfeed via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. "As we discussed ... my folks are nervous about the emails you send and ask that you no longer include them on any postings," Kelly wrote. "Then there is hacking which one of my own personal accounts has suffered recently. I do almost everything now by phone or face-to-face comms."
The FOIA email confirms previous reports from Politico that Kelly used a compromised smartphone for months. If it's the same incident (the White House never confirmed the original reports), the attack happened during Trump's transition in late 2016 while Kelly was secretary of homeland security.
https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/11/john-kelly-hacked-foia-request/
(Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday June 12 2018, @05:30PM (1 child)
It's also telling that this public servant isn't worried about the Chinese or the Russians or other hostile foreign powers listening in. He's worried the American public might find out what he's up to:
“FOIA is real and everyday here in the cesspool, and even federal court action on personal accounts is real.” - White House Chief of Staff John Kelly
(Score: 2) by nobu_the_bard on Tuesday June 12 2018, @07:27PM
In one sense, he should be. At least in theory, we're the ones he has to answer to.