[ryanlol]

Why is this even a story?

Has there been any confirmation that this account even actually belonged to the CIA director? If yes, has there been any evidence that there was actually anything sensitive on the account? (I seriously doubt the latter)

If there was nothing on the account how is this different from any of the other tens of thousands of aols that have been hijacked since the 90s?

[starshadowx2]

"as there been any evidence that there was actually anything sensitive on the account?"

Wikileaks is publishing all of the supposed files, so they do exist and have been leaked.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/21/9583464/wikileaks-cia-ema...

[ryanlol]

The sensitivity of any of that is really questionable.

[onewaystreet]

> Has there been any confirmation that this account even actually belonged to the CIA director?

Yes

> If yes, has there been any evidence that there was actually anything sensitive on the account?

Yes

Go Google for 5 minutes.

[ryanlol]

Googling for 5 minutes didn't return anything supporting the second claim.

[irl_zebra]

It appears you couldn't have Googled for more than 2-3 minutes.

[ryanlol]

How so?

[irl_zebra]

Your response was between two and three minutes after the comment telling you to Google for five minutes.

[ryanlol]

I personally feel that I've been observing the passing of time before his comment.

[mfoy_]

This topic was on HN a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10413563

In that article the hacker claims he found sensitive material, and even flagrantly taunted the CIA director with it...

[ryanlol]

Yes and there is zero evidence of any sensitive material.

[pavornyoh]

>Yes and there is zero evidence of any sensitive material.

A ton of info. was posted on his twitter account that is now suspended. For DHS and FBI to investigate, they must have solid evidence of a breach to do so.

[ryanlol]

The most "sensitive" info I saw was his own SSN, which anyone can buy off of ssndob...

[castis]

This was posted on the guys twitter page: https://twitter.com/phphax/status/656152792453795840/photo/1

[ryanlol]

A list of names?

I don't see anything there that wouldn't be publicly available on the internet.

[nacs]

Just from that screenshot you can see phone numbers emails, date of birth, most recent employment and social security numbers.

[ryanlol]

In what world are social security numbers sensitive information?

The one where you can buy pretty much anyone's (with a credit history) for $1.8?

[joshkpeterson]

RTFA.

[ryanlol]

I suppose you didn't, as it certainly doesn't answer the second question.