US intelligence director's phone account was hacked, office says

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The top US spy had his phone account hacked, his office confirmed Tuesday.

James Clapper, the director of national intelligence (DNI), appears to have become the latest government official who had a personal account accessed by a hacker. In October, CIA director John Brennan said he was "outraged" after a still-anonymous hacker or hackers broke into his AOL email account and posted files online.