The US Department of Justice said Andrew
Otto Boggs and Justin Gray Liverman were
part of the "Crackas With Attitude" group
blamed for the attacks. Email accounts of the CIA's director, the chief
of National Intelligence and many others,
were hit by the group. It also stole and published details of 29,000
FBI and Homeland Security agents and
workers. Overseas aid Court documents, written by FBI agents who
aided the investigation, revealed that the
hackers tricked technical support staff into
giving them access to the sensitive email
accounts. The hackers also posed as technicians from
ISPs and other service companies to get
passwords re-set so they could take over
accounts and get at federal computer
systems. All the attacks took place in early
2016. Sensitive messages and documents found by
the attackers through the hacked email
accounts were published online. The two men have been accused of taking
part in a criminal conspiracy and are due to
appear in court next week. Tech news site Ars Tech said prosecutors involved in the case are also pursuing at
least three more members of the Crackas
With Attitude group. All three are believed to
be teenagers who live in the UK. The Crown
Prosecution Service is understood to be
investigating their alleged part in the attacks. Court documents suggest the CWA members
living overseas placed the calls that led to
accounts being taken over.

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