FBI probes effort to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, sources say

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Source: CBS News

Updated on: May 29, 2025 / 11:13 PM EDT


One or more unknown people accessed White House chief of staff Susie Wiles' personal cellphone and used her contacts file to reach out to other top officials and impersonate her, sources told CBS News Thursday.

Some of the recipients realized the messages were suspicious because the texts and calls came from an unknown number, sources said, and the impersonator or impersonators asked if the conversations could be continued in another platform, such as Telegram.

The suspicious messages hit in-boxes over an unknown period of time, sources said. Wiles explained to people that her phone had been hacked, sources told CBS News. The Wall Street Journal earlier Thursday reported on the incident and the federal probe launched in response.

"The White House takes the cybersecurity of all staff very seriously, and this matter continues to be investigated," a White House spokesperson told CBS News when asked about the details of the situation.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-probes-effort-to-impersonate-white-house-chief-of-staff-susie-wiles/

[bucolic_frolic]

1. "cybersecurity of all staff very seriously"

May your tall tales be giants lest someone thinks to doubt them.

[dutch777]

2. No one in high levels of govt should be using a personal cel. We have NSA for a reason. More stupidity!

I guess I am surprised Hesgeth or Noem or someone didn't give away major state secrets. Or maybe they did and that just isn't being admitted to.

[Lovie777]

3. This administration is much less secure......................

and the lack of national and homeland security is getting worse. Saw a headline this morning where experts are telling us with the current government, the nightmarish policies, laying off, firing and incompetent hiring of unqualified persons put the USA in danger of terrorist attacks here and around the world.

People are not feeling safe nor economic wise.

[BootinUp]

4. probably was the illegal immigrants.

[Deminpenn]

5. Makes one wonder how many other WH cell phones have been hacked

This hacker was unsophisticated, but others are probably gathering plenty of info much more surreptitiously.

[Marcuse]

6. Forget about the hackers. Who's monitoring the hot line?

[LiberalArkie]

7. Why is the FIB investigating the guy impersonating the president of the United States?