Russian Hackers Reportedly Obtain Access To Obama’s Emails

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Russian hackers who infiltrated the White House’s unclassified computer system last year reportedly obtained access to some of President Obama’s email correspondence, forcing officials to meet nearly daily for weeks afterward. TheHill.com reports:
The New York Times reported Saturday that the hackers obtained an undisclosed number of Obama’s emails, though their sensitivity is unclear and the president’s email account itself appears to have escaped the hack.
The guarded servers for Obama’s BlackBerry, which he uses constantly to communicate with top aides, do not appear to have been penetrated in the hack, according to the Times, which also hit the State Department.
Earlier this month, CNN reported hackers linked to the Russian government had obtained a copy of Obama’s schedule, including information not publicly available nor in general schedules given to media. White House press secretary Josh Earnest declined at the time to identify who was behind the attack, saying “our investigators have concluded that it’s not in our best interests to identify the entity that may be responsible.”
Officials had told CNN the hackers were able to break into the White House through a foothold at the State Department, which had been for months battling its own cyber intrusion. “It’s the Russian angle to this that’s particularly worrisome,” another senior official told the Times for its report.