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White House Investigates Hacking of Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’ Phone

White House Investigates Hacking of Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’ Phone

The White House has launched an investigation following reports that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’ personal phone was hacked. According to multiple sources, the breach allowed unauthorized individuals to access Wiles’ contacts and impersonate her in communications with other top officials.

Wiles reportedly informed colleagues about the hacking incident. The Wall Street Journal first reported the breach, and CBS News confirmed the report shortly after.

The hackers are believed to have gained access to Wiles’ contact list, which included phone numbers of high-ranking U.S. officials and other influential figures. The Wall Street Journal reports that some of these contacts received calls where the impersonators used AI to mimic Wiles’ voice, and some received text messages from an unknown number.

When TechCrunch asked White House spokesperson Anna Kelly whether authorities had determined if a cloud account associated with Wiles’ device was compromised, or if the phone was targeted by advanced spyware, she declined to comment.

In a statement, the White House affirmed that it “takes the cybersecurity of all staff very seriously, and this matter continues to be investigated.”

This is not the first time Wiles has been targeted. In 2024, The Washington Post reported that Iranian hackers attempted to breach Wiles’ personal email account. The Wall Street Journal also reported that these hackers successfully accessed her email and obtained a dossier on JD Vance, who was then Trump’s running mate.

This incident is the latest in a series of cybersecurity concerns affecting the Trump administration.

In March, former White House national security advisor Michael Waltz accidentally added a journalist to a Signal group chat that included discussions of a planned military air-strike in Yemen. Vance and Wiles were also present in the chat.

Further reports revealed that government officials were using a Signal clone app called TeleMessage for secure communication. The app was designed for government archiving. TeleMessage has since been hacked on multiple occasions, compromising the private messages of its users.

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