Former President George H.W. Bush's family, friends emails hacked

A hacker has compromised the email accounts of former President George H. W. Bush's family and friends  compromised, and personal information has been leaked in the process. Two of the accounts hijacked belonged to his daughter, Dorothy Bush Koch, and longtime family friend and CBS sportscaster, Jim Nantz. Information exposed included family photographs, personal health information, as well as numerous addresses, mobile phone numbers and email addresses of the Bush family. According to the website Smoking Gun, which first reported the breach, a hacker using the name Guccifer contacted the site and informed them that six email accounts had been compromised. The correspondence spans from 2009 to 2012. An investigation by the FBI has been launched.

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