White House investigating how Trump’s chief of staff’s phone was hacked

The White House is investigating after one or more people reportedly accessed the contacts from the personal phone of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and used the information to contact other top officials and impersonate her. Wiles reportedly told people that her phone was hacked. The Wall Street Journal first reported the hack of Wiles’ phone. CBS News also confirmed the reporting. The hacker or hackers are said to have accessed Wiles’ phone contacts, including the phone numbers of other top U.S. officials and influential individuals. The WSJ reports that those who received phone calls impersonating Wiles used AI to impersonate her voice and sent text messages from a number not associated with Wiles. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly would not say, when asked by TechCrunch, if authorities had determined if a cloud account associated with Wiles’ personal device was compromised, or if Wiles’ phone was targeted by a more advanced cyberattack, such as one that involves the u ... Read full article.