Fake Calls: Imposter Targeted White House Chief of Staff
Okay, so get this. It sounds like federal folks in the U.S. are looking into someone pretending to be the White House Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles. The Wall Street Journal spilled the beans on Thursday, saying people who know about it confirmed it.
Apparently, Susie told some of the people she knows that her phone contacts got, like, hacked. And because of that, this imposter person was able to get their hands on private phone numbers. The report made sure to say this happened on her personal phone, not her government work phone, by the way.
The Journal also reported that over the past few weeks, senators, governors, big shot business execs in the U.S., and other important people got messages and calls from someone claiming to be Susie Wiles. This is according to those same people who know what's going on with these messages.
You know, the White House and the FBI didn't even get back right away when they were asked about it. Seems like the White House has had a few hiccups with keeping information safe. Like, remember that hacker who broke into the communication app used by the former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month? Yeah, that hacker grabbed messages from a whole bunch of American officials, Reuters reported not too long ago.
And remember late last year? A White House official said the U.S. thought that a big cyber spy operation from China, called Salt Typhoon, was targeting and even recording phone calls of âvery seniorâ American politicians. Wild, right?
Since Susie Wiles is a really important person for Trump and basically a main part of how the White House runs, anything on her personal phone would be super interesting to other countries' spies and other not-so-friendly people. It looks like hackers have gone after Susie before, at least once, during the last few months of Trump's 2024 presidential run. Back then, hackers who the U.S. said were working for Iran went to journalists and someone working in politics with messages that were sent to and from Susie. Some of those messages even ended up being published.
