The FBI is investigating foreign hackers who targeted the computers of retired U.S. Admiral and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday night:
The hackers targeted Mr. Mullen’s personal computers, which he used while working on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy since his retirement in 2011, according to officials and others familiar with the probe. Those people said FBI agents took away two computers in late October and returned them in mid-November.
One official said that evidence gathered by the FBI points to China as the origin of the hacking, and that it appeared the perpetrators were able to access a personal email account of Mr. Mullen. The official declined to be more specific.
