CIA Director’s Email Hacked – Daily Security Byte EP. 161

Lately, the nation has been been criticizing Hilary Clinton for running an insecure personal email server. However, she’s apparently not the only government employee with insecure email practices. Today, a high school hacker claimed to hijack the personal email account of the Director of the CIA. Watch today’s episode to learn what sensitive documents the director shared with his personal email account, and how you might prevent this from happening at your organization.

(Episode Runtime: 2:54)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34TbTEVkS5g

EPISODE REFERENCES:

• Teen claims to have hacker CIA Director’s AOL account – New York Post
• CIA Director’s personal email includes documents with SSN numbers – Motherboard
• UPDATE: More details on how the 20yr old did it – Wired

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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