In May, investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson acknowledged that something fishy had been going on with her personal and work computers since early 2011. Reminder: Attkisson’s investigations reportedly infuriated the White House and the DOJ. While she wasn’t “prepared to make an allegation against a specific entity,” she said it was possible “there could be some relationship” between her compromised computers and the DOJ spying on Fox News reporter James Rosen.
https://twitter.com/jdonels/status/345551978526560257
On Friday, Attkisson tweeted a statement from CBS about the hacking of her computer. According to CBS, a forensic analysis “revealed an intruder had executed commands that appeared to involve search and exfiltration of data.”
CBS Statement: A cyber security firm hired by CBS News has determined through forensic analysis that Sharyl Attkisson’s computer…
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) June 14, 2013
…was accessed by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions in late 2012."
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) June 14, 2013
CBS News statement: "Evidence suggests this party performed all access remotely using Attkisson’s accounts."
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) June 14, 2013
CBS News statement: "While no malicious code was found, forensic analysis revealed an intruder had executed commands…
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) June 14, 2013
…that appeared to involve search and exfiltration of data."
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) June 14, 2013
CBS News statement: "This party also used sophisticated methods to remove all possible indications of unauthorized activity."
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) June 14, 2013
"and alter system times to cause further confusion. CBS News is taking steps to identify the responsible party and their method of access."
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) June 14, 2013
Scary stuff.
Read @SharylAttkisson's timeline. Breaches on her computer to "extract" data. One of the few reporters covering Fast and Furious & Benghazi.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) June 14, 2013
https://twitter.com/Petemoss51/status/345552131278917633
@SharylAttkisson Not trying to sound melodramatic….but that sounds chilling to me. Keep up the great work..
— JW Trollinger (@JWTROLLI5oh) June 14, 2013
I'm shaking my head at @SharylAttkisson's feed right now. Good Lord……..
— Mary #FlyTheW (@mchastain81) June 14, 2013
@SharylAttkisson God be with you Sharyl. Keep fighting the good fight!
— Virginia Schofield (@vascho) June 14, 2013
I'm sure whoever hacked @SharylAttkisson's computer is just a rogue, low-level employee acting on his own with no direction from above.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 14, 2013
@SharylAttkisson God, Sharyl, how very creeped out you must be to have this confirmed. Thank you for your tenacity.
— Tired of Idjits (@sanshie) June 14, 2013
If it can be proved that Obama's henchmen hacked Attkisson's computer, it will become the biggest story in the world.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) June 14, 2013
The @SharylAttkisson hacking story is very scary – Imagine how much more has been done to people who don't have the resources to check
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) June 14, 2013
http://twitter.com/LDoren/statuses/345558599289946112
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.