White House denies Trump chief Susie Wiles’ phone was hacked again after UK Prime Minister falls victim to hoax
Trump admin denies security breach after UK prime minister texted with impersonator
- The White House denied that Chief of Staff Susie Wiles' phone was hacked after British Prime Minister Andy Burnham received text messages from a hoaxer impersonating her.
- Burnham's office described to Politico the brief exchange as being of no significance, but the British government treated it as a national security matter and alerted Washington.
- A White House official confirmed to The Independent that the incident was not caused by a breach or hack of Wiles' personal devices.
- The incident follows a similar scheme from a year ago when political and business figures received fake communications claiming to be from Wiles.
- This hoax is part of a broader pattern of high-profile political impersonations, which have previously targeted officials such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and David Cameron.
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