The FBI to investigate the effort to impersonate Trump’s senior consultant

The FBI is investigating an effort by an unknown person or more to reach the personal phone of Soussi Wales, the Chief of Staff of the White House, the sources told the BBC.

Trump’s main ally told people that her phone had been hacked after she used a personality – or her mud – her contact file for the message of senior US officials.

Some of the beneficiaries of the messages raised suspicions after asking whether they could continue a conversation on another platform, such as Telegram.

“The White House takes cybersecurity to all employees seriously, and this issue is still in the investigation,” said a White House spokesman.

The period of time in which the messages were received are unknown.

The Wall Street Journal reported for the first time the accident and the FBI probe was launched in response.

The Wall Street Journal reported that plagiarism is targeted for its personal phone, not the government phone. It also stated that the beneficiaries are among the members of the American Senate, the conservatives and the senior executives.

Wales is The first chief of staff of the White House He was seen as a major architect of the campaign of re -election of US President Donald Trump.

This is not the first time that it was in the center of concerns about cybersecurity.

Last year, three members of the Cyber ​​Spy Unit linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards – a strong branch of the Iranian Armed Forces – were accused of launching Internet attacks on the Trump campaign team, which was led by Suzy Wales.

In response to the last incident, the FBI director Cash Patel said in a statement to CBS news: “The FBI takes all threats against the president, his employees, and our cyberspace in the utmost risk is that protecting the ability of our administrative officials to communicate safely to accomplish the presidency is a top priority.”