April 28, 2015

White House silent on reported hack of Obama emails

The White House on Monday confirmed that suspicious activity had been discovered on the White House server but did not address reports that President Obama's emails had been accessed by hackers.

The Obama administration says the intrusion was limited to the unclassified section, but it declined to say whether Russian hackers were the perpetrators or whether President Obama's emails were compromised.

"We have talked for a number of months now dating back to the fall about some suspicious activity that occurred on the White House servers," White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Monday.

"The White House has taken important steps to eliminate that activity but it didn't result in any compromises on the classified network," he continued. "But we have not discussed the activity of that concern and we have not ascribed any attribution to that."

Pressed for details, Earnest declined to elaborate on whether Russian hackers were responsible for the breaches and to what extent, if any, Obama's emails were compromised.

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