The hacking group that recently leaked Colin Powell’s emails is claiming to have executed another major breach -- posting the alleged passport of first lady Michelle Obama and a trove of messages from the purported email account of a White House staffer.
While the documents posted Thursday do not appear to contain the kind of salacious details leaked from former Secretary of State Powell's account, the emails deal with scheduling issues and other logistical minutiae -- the leak of which presents potential security issues.
The leaked files have not been verified and the White House has not yet commented. Gizmodo questioned the Obama passport in particular, citing inconsistencies in the document's fonts and picture.
A representative for the hackers' website, DC Leaks, said in an email to FoxNews.com that the hack exposed critical gaps in the Obama administration’s efforts to keep its private correspondences protected.
“The leaked files show the security level of our government,” the representative said. “If terrorists hack emails of White House Office staff and get such sensitive information we will see the fall of our country.”
The emails were allegedly sent and received by Ian Mellul, a White House staffer who also serves on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Politico reported that Mellul had been an advance associate with the White House since 2015 and was an event organizer for Clinton, sourcing the details to Mellul’s LinkedIn page. That page had been deleted by Thursday afternoon.
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