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A teenager recently hacked which prominent federal leader?

Answer: James Clapper, director of national intelligence

The same teenager who recently hacked the personal email account of CIA Director John Brennan is at it again.

According to a spokesperson for James Clapper, director of national intelligence, the official's personal information and family accounts had been compromised. Clapper’s personal email, home telephone, home Internet, and his wife’s Yahoo email were included in the attack, The Verge reported

The hacker also forwarded all of the official's home phone calls to Paul Larudee, the co-founder of the Free Palestine Movement. How the hack was accomplished is unknown, but some estimate that social engineering techniques were used, just as they were in the Brennan case.

Colin wrote for Government Technology and Emergency Management from 2010 through most of 2016.