Hacker Accesses US Spymaster's FiOS, Yahoo Accounts The same group claiming responsibility for the recent hack of the personal e-mail account of CIA Director John Brennan, now says it has hacked the Yahoo e-mail and personal FiOS accounts of Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. A hacker calling him or herself "Cracka," from a group named "Crackas With Attitude" tells Motherboard that they had control of Clapper and his wife's Yahoo e-mail accounts -- as well as the family's FiOS account -- for four days before Clapper noticed.

quote: While in control of Clapper’s Verizon FiOS account, Cracka claimed to have changed the settings so that every call to his house number would get forwarded to the Free Palestine Movement. When they gained notoriety last year, Cracka and CWA claimed their actions were all in support of the Palestine cause. Security experts interviewed by Motherboard note it's somewhat astonishing that Clapper's personal address and information wasn't notably more hard to acquire. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has confirmed the hack, and says an investigation has been started by the "appropriate authorities." During that time, the hacker states he had a little fun with the US spy boss's call routing:Security experts interviewed by Motherboard note it's somewhat astonishing that Clapper's personal address and information wasn't notably more hard to acquire. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has confirmed the hack, and says an investigation has been started by the "appropriate authorities."







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elefante72

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East Amherst, NY 6 recommendations elefante72 Member Thats because password tools suck It's also worth mentioning that you can turn on 2FA for yahoo and FiOS has a "seal" and you can setup security on who accesses.



The issue in general is that passwords or settings mean nothing because they are not uniform, and most people use passwords that are easy to remember and if you crack one, you can crack many. Maybe yahoo and fios were considered a lower threat than other accounts.



Also, most people on the top aren't exactly practitioners. I mean Legere didn't even know who the EFF was.



I mean the average person probably has 100+ passwords, and may use 1-2 across them. BAD.