Teen hacker says he cracked CIA head's personal email: media

October 20, 2015 08:12

A teenaged hacker broke into CIA Director John Brennan's personal email account and swiped sensitive files including a top-secret application for a security clearance, the New York Post reported.

If true, the story will be a major embarrassment for Brennan and the Central Intelligence Agency, coming after months of intense national scrutiny of Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server when she was secretary of state.

The Post said a hacker, describing himself as an American high school student, had called the newspaper to describe his exploits.

Stored on Brennan's private email account were a range of sensitive files including his 47-page application for the security clearance, the hacker told The Post in a story Sunday.

In a series of tweets from his purported Twitter account -- @phphax -- the hacker taunted authorities and showed redacted images of what appeared to be sensitive government information.

The account references "CWA." The hacker told the Post this stood for "Crackas With Attitude," which he said referred to him and a classmate.

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