A teenager arresting for obtaining confidential information from the CIA and FBI
Kane Gamble, 15 years old British gained access to plans for intelligence operations in Afghanistan and Iran impersonating the identity of CIA head and FBI, to gain access to theirs computers. Through social engineering he gains access to personal and work accounts.
The teenager persuaded call handlers at an internet giant that he was John Brennan, the director of the CIA. He gain access to his computer and an FBI helpdesk that he was Mark Giuliano, the director of FBI, to gain access to an intelligence database.
He also aimed the US Secretary of Homeland Security and Barack Obama's Director.
Actually he is at judicial disposal.
References:
- 19/01/2018 telegraph.co.uk British 15-year-old gained access to intelligence operations in Afghanistan and Iran by pretending to be head of CIA, court hears
- 22/01/2018 lasexta.com El día que un adolescente provocó desde su casa una grave crisis en el FBI y la CIA
- 22/01/2018 gizmodo.com Un adolescente roba información secreta de Estados Unidos haciéndose pasar por el director de la CIA y el FBI