White House believes Kelly's personal phone possibly compromised at transition office
Source: Politico
Officials have tried to determine whether Kelly signed onto an insecure wireless network or whether a hacker, foreign government or some other outside force could have accessed the phone there.
By JOSH DAWSEY 10/08/2017 04:46 PM EDT
White House officials have homed in on President Donald Trump’s Washington transition headquarters as a likely location where chief of staff John Kelly's personal cell phone could have been compromised in late 2016, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said.
Kelly, who first served as Trump’s secretary of homeland security, reported the phone had stopped working properly in December after he entered the transition office space, which was made available by the General Services Administration, the officials said. Kelly said it functioned well before that time.
While many of Trump’s high-profile meetings with lawmakers and potential Cabinet members before his inauguration occurred in New York at Trump Tower, much of his transition staff worked out of the office space about three blocks from the White House. Officials have tried to determine whether Kelly signed onto an insecure wireless network there or whether a hacker, foreign government or some other outside force could have accessed the phone there.
"That's where it seems to have started," one White House official with knowledge of the review said. The official said the transition building was only one possible site for the breach. Officials have not ruled out other possibilities, such as foreign trips before Kelly joined the administration, though they have not seen evidence for that.
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Another insidious plot! When will they kick the Russians out of Washington DC?
