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Investigation launched after Bush family e-mails are hacked
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Molly Henneberg reports from Washington, D.C.
- Duration 1:43
- Date Feb 8, 2013
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Hacker getting access to the personal emails of the bush -- And posting confidential information on line now criminal investigation is under way.
The Secret Service is involved Molly Henneberg is live in DC -- -- what kind of information was put up on the -- Hi Rick private family photos personal emails telephone numbers email addresses home addresses.
All said to be obtained from hacked emails going back to 2009.
According to the smoking gun web site.
The smoking gun said -- got the material from the hacker pictures include this 11 of president George W.
Bush apparently posing with a cardboard cut out of himself.
And one of presidents Clinton and George H.
W.
Bush.
A spokesperson for the elder George Bush put out a statement today saying that he had quote.
Nothing beyond the fact that there is a criminal investigation and we have no comment.
You may remember that something similar happened to former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in 2008.
Her Yahoo! account was hacked and photos and emails were posted online on the WikiLeaks website.
That hacker in that case was eventually discovered tried and sentenced to a year in prison.
Break.
Well what a major invasion of privacy for the bush family and what do we know about who is behind this.
Well the only thing we have right now is the word Lucifer GUCCIFER.
-- of -- printed on the hacked pictures.
The smoking gun says it has corresponded by email with the hacker that says he has packed quote hundreds of accounts.
That the government has been investigating him for a long time and that this is quote just another chapter in the game.
-- Molly Henneberg live for us in Washington Molly thanks so much.
