Hacker breaks into personal e-mail account of CIA director

An anonymous hacker claims to have breached CIA Director John Brennan's personal e-mail account and has posted documents online, including a list of e-mail addresses purportedly from Brennan's contact file.

The CIA said it referred the matter to the proper authorities, but would not comment further.

The hacker spoke to the New York Post, which described him in an article published on Sunday as "a stoner high school student", motivated by his opposition to US foreign policy and support for Palestinians. His Twitter account, @phphax, includes links to files that he said are Brennan's contact list, a log of phone calls by then-CIA deputy director Avril Haines, and other documents.