http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10104997-83.html



By Elinor Mills

Security

CNET News

November 20, 2008



President-elect Barack Obama's cell phone billing records were 

improperly accessed by employees of Verizon Wireless, CNN reported late 

on Thursday.



Obama's transition team was informed of the breach by Verizon Wireless 

representatives on Wednesday, team spokesman Robert Gibbs told the news 

agency.



The phone, a voice flip-phone with no e-mail access, is no longer active 

or being used by Obama, the report said. Lists of phone numbers and 

calls made by Obama could have been accessed, but "nobody was monitoring 

voicemail," Gibbs is quoted as saying.



Verizon Wireless has notified federal law enforcement authorities, 

Verizon Wireless President and Chief Executive Lowell McAdam wrote in an 

internal company e-mail distributed on Wednesday that CNN obtained. The 

Secret Service has been informed, Gibbs said.



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