Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Wednesday that the FBI took possession of his cellphone after someone attempted to trick the South Carolina Republican into thinking he was texting with Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
Graham acknowledged the potential hack at a Capitol Hill seminar about artificial intelligence security.
As The Washington Times reports:
Asked about spies targeting Silicon Valley and how AI labs should prepare themselves, Mr. Graham said people should be concerned and relayed his own brush with apparent hackers.
“My phone is in the hands of the FBI now,” Mr. Graham said at the forum. “So I get a message, I think, from Schumer, it ain't from Schumer, and next thing you know, my phone's, I don't know what. Anything you can create apparently can be hacked.”
Mr. Graham did not identify who he suspected was responsible. Taylor Reidy, Mr. Graham‘s spokeswoman, said the Senate's Sergeant at Arms was investigating.
The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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