The Incredible Story of the Children Who Hacked the CIA

Brennan came across an extraordinary incident in 2015. This time the heroes were much younger than expected. A 13 year old boy and his friend They made history not only with their computers but also with their courage.

The information they accessed by bypassing Brennan’s firewalls, He destroyed Twitter… Let’s dive deeper into the story of these kids who managed to hack the CIA.

The President was storing his personal data in his AOL (online media company) account.

According to the information provided to WIRED by the boy who hacked the former head of the CIA, he made a call to the President’s mobile phone number to find out that Brennan was a Verizon (US phone and internet communications provider) customer. Looks like he works at Verizon he had behaved.

Later, one of the friends the boy worked with called the company, pretending to be a Verizon technician, and said that they could not access the customer database and wanted a Vcode (the personal code that Verizon assigns to its employees). After receiving the code Last 4 digits of Brennan’s debit card, They reached the backup cell phone number AOL email address.

When they received this information, they called AOL and told them that their accounts were locked, and among the security questions, last 4 digits of the card the children already have There was. This way, they easily reset the password and accessed the President’s email address.

They managed to access a lot of confidential information in just one click.

They gained access to a wide range of information, including social security numbers of US intelligence officials and CIA harsh interrogation techniques. Among this information; The 47-page document that Brennan filled out to obtain his top-secret government security clearance SF-86 application There was also. In the application; It included not only the individual’s criminal history, but also that of other family members, including their psychological records, drug use, and interactions with foreign nationals.

They shared images of some of these documents on Twitter, formerly known as X, now known as X. While Brennan tries to regain control of the account, the kids try to find the password. He had managed to reset it many times.

At one point, they even called Brennan and told him that he had been hacked. The conversation proceeded as follows:

Minister: “What do you want?”

Hacker: “$2 trillion, haha, just kidding.”

Minister: “How much do you really want?”

Hacker: “We just want Palestine to be free and for you to stop killing innocent people.”

In fact, the hacker describes himself as a “non-Muslim and a person who opposes US foreign policy and Motivated to support Palestine He described him as “an American high school student.”

The children were caught when the FBI raided their home.

Kraka, the main person who hacked Brennan, spent 2 years in a juvenile detention center in England, which made him a prisoner in the country. first minor imprisoned for computer hacking made.

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