British teen Kane
Gamble accessed
accounts of top
US intelligence
and security
officials
The teen Kane
Gamble accessed
highly senstive
information and
harassed American
officials from his
mother's home in
England. The court
said he did it due to
various injustices
committed by the
US government.
The British teenager
gained access to the
accounts of top US
intelligence and
security officials from
his home computer in
central England, a UK
court heard on Friday.
Kane Gamble, 18, was
only 15 and 16 when
he was able to
impersonate top
American officials such
as former CIA chief
John Brennan in order
to gain access to
personal accounts and
secret government
information.
"Kane Gamble gained
access to the
communications
accounts of some very
high-ranking US
intelligence officials
and government
employees," prosecutor
John Lloyd-Jones told
England's Old Bailey
central criminal court.
"He also gained access
to US law enforcement
and intelligence agency
networks."
The teenager has
admitted to 10 counts
of violating the
computer misuse act
and is awaiting
sentencing.
The crimes occurred
between June 2015 and
February 2016. He was
arrested at the FBI's
request in February
last year in Coalville,
central England.
Social engineering
Gamble used an
information security
tactic known as "social
engineering" to
manipulate call centers
and help desks to gain
information, which
was then further
exploited to gain access
to various accounts.
The operation was
done with the hacking
group "Crackas With
Attitude" and some
information was
shared with Wikileaks
or posted on Twitter.
Gamble was able to
impersonate Brennan
in phone calls with
telecommunications
giants and in another
instance trick the FBI
help desk into thinking
he was Mark Guiliano,
the agency's former
deputy director.
The teenager was able
to access Brennan's
private email and
iCloud, take control of
his wife's iPad, and get
information on
sensitive military and
intelligence operations
in Afghanistan and
Iran, the court heard.
'I own you'
Gamble used social
engineering tactics to
access the home
network of former
Secretary of Homeland
Security Jeh Johnson.
He was able to listen to
Johnson's voice
messages and harass
his wife with messages
such as "Am I scaring
you?" He also managed
to get the message "I
own you" on the
couple's home
television.
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