Hacker breaks into personal email of James Clapper, US director of national intelligence

Perpetrator, who claims to be a teenage boy, has also broken into the personal accounts of John Brennan, the director of the CIA, according to reports

Personal online accounts linked to James Clapper, director of national intelligence, have been hacked, only months after reports that someone was hacking the personal email of John Brennan, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Brian Hale, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said on Tuesday that Clapper's office was aware of the hacking and had reported the incident to appropriate authorities. He declined to provide other details.