Fake Susie Wiles Calls: US Feds Investigate Hacking Scheme

Okay, so get this. Apparently, federal folks in the U.S. are looking into someone pretending to be Susie Wiles, you know, the White House Chief of Staff? The Wall Street Journal said they heard about it from people who know what's going on.

So, the story is Wiles told some buddies that her cell phone contacts got messed with. That's how the fake person got their hands on private phone numbers, which is kinda crazy if you ask me. But hey, at least it was her personal phone and not her work one, the report mentioned.

It seems like in the last few weeks, people like senators, governors, big U.S. business bosses, and other important folks were getting calls and messages from someone saying they were Wiles. That's according to the same people who knew about the messages. It makes you wonder, how did they pull that off?

The White House and the FBI didn't say anything right away when people asked them about it. The White House has had some trouble with keeping information safe lately. Remember that hacker who got into the messaging thing that former Trump national security guy Mike Waltz used? Reuters said they stole messages from a bunch of American officials. And late last year, someone from the White House even said they thought China was listening in on calls from really important American politicians.

Since Wiles is super important to Trump and how things run at the White House, anything on her personal phone would be, like, super interesting to foreign spy groups and other bad guys. I mean, it's her private stuff, but it's probably packed with important details. Plus, apparently, hackers went after Wiles before too, back when Trump was running for president last time. At that time, hackers that the U.S. government said were working for Iran went to reporters and a political person with messages sent to and from Wiles. Some of those even ended up being published. Wild, right?