After CIA Director got his email "hacked", the same fate befalls FBI deputy director.

1. 2015-11-07 at 9:56 PM UTC

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   Sophie Pedophile Tech Support
   Keksimus Maximus. When will these idiots learn to stop linking their personal accounts to their government work accounts? Article related.
   
   http://thehackernews.com/2015/11/fbi-cia-director-hack.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheHackersNews+%28The+Hackers+News+-+Security+Blog%29
   
   Also the article says:
   
   
   >doxxed
   
   >2 x's
   
   
   Triggered as fuck. Pretty lulzy though. Also vector here is social engineering which is why i put hacked in quotes.
2. 2015-11-08 at 1:34 AM UTC

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   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
   At several large communications companies I have worked tech support for, including Charter Communications, Time Warner and AT&T, callers were only required to supply the name and zip code in the account and could then do anything with the account except disconnect service, including password resets on everything in the account.
3. 2015-11-08 at 2:54 AM UTC

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   Sophie Pedophile Tech Support

   At several large communications companies I have worked tech support for, including Charter Communications, Time Warner and AT&T, callers were only required to supply the name and zip code in the account and could then do anything with the account except disconnect service, including password resets on everything in the account.

   
   This basically seems to be the problem with AOL as well. You just need dox on your target and you're set. You'd expect these government officials to be a little more clever than this with regards to sensitive info.
4. 2015-11-08 at 3:11 AM UTC

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   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

   This basically seems to be the problem with AOL as well. You just need dox on your target and you're set. You'd expect these government officials to be a little more clever than this with regards to sensitive info.

   
   They just get the agents to tell the customers, ".. well, if you have an issue or concern with security, you should probably get a commercial account.. would you like me to transfer you into our business class sales department?" Meanwhile, if someone calls in and knows your name and the exact amount and post date of your last payment, they can do almost anything in your account.
5. 2015-11-08 at 10:40 AM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   that's not the point; using an ISP's mailservice for sensitive matters is just asking to get owned. it's what hillary's get roasted for, and given the head of the CIA got his shit punched in a fwe weeks ago for it, he really should've known better.
6. 2015-11-08 at 10:41 AM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   for all his posturing about hackers, he only has himself to blame.