Teens hack White House science and tech official

Published January 19, 2016 3:31pm ET



Teenagers are claiming to have hacked a senior adviser to President Obama, making him at least the sixth high level official the group has successfully targeted since October.

One of the group’s members, “Fearz,” hacked a Comcast Xfinity account held by John Holdren, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, by targeting his wife, the group told Motherboard in an online chat.

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