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johnson. an anonymous hacker has been bragging about breaking into these accounts, but now multiple law enforcement sources tell us the breaches actually occurred. and jeff pegues is breaking this new development in our washington newsroom tonight. jeff? reporter: scott, this is a criminal investigation, and authorities are working to locate the suspect. he seems to be feeding off the publicity, and that s in part why investigators are reluctant to talk about it, but multiple law enforcement officials tell cbs news that he had unauthorized access to both private e-mail accounts. late in the day, the person tweeting under the handle of cwa followed through on threats to release sensitive information. you know we don t lie. what you have all been waiting for. sorry for the delay. along with that statement came an attachment with the names, social security numbers and phone numbers of about 20 people said to be affiliated with the head of the c.i.a. in fact, the unidentified
security officials have been hacked. c.i.a. director john brennan and homeland security secretary jeh johnson. an anonymous hacker has been bragging about breaking into these accounts, but now multiple law enforcement sources tell us the breaches actually occurred. and jeff pegues is breaking this new development in our washington newsroom tonight. jeff? reporter: scott, this is a criminal investigation, and authorities are working to locate the suspect. he seems to be feeding off the publicity, and that s in part why investigators are reluctant to talk about it, but multiple law enforcement officials tell cbs news that he had unauthorized access to both private e-mail accounts. late in the day, the person tweeting under the handle of cwa followed through on threats to release sensitive information. you know we don t lie. what you have all been waiting for. sorry for the delay. along with that statement came social security numbers and phone numbers of about 20 people sai