FBI arrests hackers for targeting U.S. officials

The FBI on Thursday arrested two men accused of hacking several senior U.S. officials, posting the victim’s private information on public websites, making harassing phone calls to the victims and their families and defacing their social media accounts.

Andrew Otto Boggs, 22, of North Wilkesboro, N.C., and Justin Gray Liverman, aka “D3F4ULT,” 24, of Morehead City, N.C., were arrested Thursday

Boggs, known online as INCURSIO, and Liverman, known D3F4ULT, are part of a hacking group that called itself "Crackas With Attitude” according to charging documents filed with the court.

In addition there are at least three other members of the group in the United Kingdom, who are being investigated by the Crown Prosecution Service.

The FBI alleges that between October 2015 to February 2016 the hackers used social engineering to gain access to the accounts.

Boggs and Liverman will have their initial appearances at the federal courthouse in Alexandria the week of September 12 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa Carroll Buchanan, the FBI said in a statement.