Sources told CBS News on Thursday that one of the unknown people or more than an unknown person arrived at the Chief of Staff of the White House Susie Wales and used her call file to reach senior officials and impersonate CBS News.
The sources said that some of the beneficiaries realized that the messages were suspicious because the texts and calls came from an unknown number, and asked the sources, and the poor suicide or the defendants about whether the talks could be continued on another platform, such as Telegram.
The sources said that suspicious messages hit the boxes for an unknown period of time.
Wales explained to people that her phone had been hacked.
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The Wall Street Journal reported earlier on Thursday about the incident and the federal investigation was launched in response.
“The White House takes cybersecurity to all employees seriously, and this is still in the investigation,” CBS News spokesman said when asked about the details of the situation.
“The FBI takes all threats against the president and his employees and our cyberspace with the utmost seriousness; that protecting the ability of our administration officials to communicate safely to accomplish the president’s mission is a top priority,” the director of the FBI CASH PASL said in a joint statement with CBS News.
