Top U.S. Russia Intelligence Official's Private Emails Have Been Hacked

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Foreign Policy: Private Email of Top U.S. Russia Intelligence Official Hacked

As concerns about cyberattacks grow, hackers are going after Russia wonks.

On Tuesday morning, a hacker going by the name Johnnie Walker sent a group email to an unknown number of recipients claiming to have a trove of emails from the private account of a U.S. intelligence official.

“The U.S. State Department officer’s email has been hacked,” the email announced, and included at least two years’ worth of personal emails from the private Gmail account of a State Department official working in the secretive intelligence arm of the State Department focusing on Russia.

The sender said the archive included exchanges between the official and “CIA officers and other intelligence agencies, mainstream media, NGOs, and international funds” that would “give you evidence of who is responsible for agenda formation in many countries worldwide, especially where the situation is insecure.”

The official involved is in a senior position in the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, according to a 2017 department directory. Even though the official’s name is public, Foreign Policy is not identifying him at the department’s request, citing security concerns.

The emails, from a nongovernment account, include personal information.

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WNU Editor: This is a big story that has been under-reported in the past week. As for the top U.S. State Department Intelligence officer who used a private Gmail account to do business .... talk about "cruising for a bruising".

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