According to reports, Cracka had managed to change the settings on Clapper’s Verizon Fios account so that any calls to his home number were redirected to the Free Palestine Movement group in California.
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Under the alias “Cracka”, the teenager is believed to be part of the “Crackas With Attitude” (CWA) hacking group, which last hit the headlines in November after breaching a USA police database.
Motherboard reported that the same teenage hacker who broke into Brennan’s account also targeted Clapper.
“We are aware of the matter and have notified the appropriate authorities”, DNI spokesman Brian Hale said in a written statement.
Cracka, who said in the New York Post previous year that he was a marijuana-smoking high school student, claimed to have gained access to Brennan’s email in October.
“And in a separate tweet, “Cracka”, using an account that listed him as “@dickreject”, wrote: “@_d34ult when you find out someone has been using your email for 4 days without you knowing”, beneath a photograph of a somber Clapper.
Motherboard said the hacker had also passed on what he claimed was a log of home calls Mr Clapper had recently made and received.
The hacker told Motherboard he was hacking because he “just wanted the gov to know people aren’t [expletive] around, people know what they’re doing and people don’t agree #FreePalestine”.
A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirmed the hack on Tuesday but said it can not comment further.
Cracka told Motherboard that he was able to access Clapper’s account for four days before being discovered. When Brennan’s accounts were hacked, documents and draft papers detailing the Central Intelligence Agency chief’s thoughts on torture and Iran were stolen and published later by WikiLeaks.
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Brennan called the hack an “outrage” that highlighted the challenges faced by intelligence and national security communities in a more connected world.
