WASHINGTON – Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Wednesday FBI Her phone was in her possession after she received a text from someone who appeared to be Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
“I think I’m getting a message from Schumer,” Graham, RS.C., said during a panel discussion on AI rules. Hill and Valley Forum. “It’s not from Sumer.”
“And the next thing you know, my phone—” he said. “I don’t know. Apparently anything you can create can be broken.”
Graham’s comments came during a forum attended by members of Congress and technology experts.
Graham’s office did not say whether it was a call or a text message that caused problems with the senator’s phone. His office also declined to say which phone Graham owned.
“The Sergeant at Arms is investigating possible hacking of Senator Graham’s phone,” the senator’s spokeswoman, Taylor Reidy, told NBC News.
The FBI declined to comment and referred NBC News to Graham’s office.
Neither US Capitol police nor Schumer’s office immediately responded to requests for comment.
Previously, MPs’ phones were targeted, and in March, the Treasury Department was targeted banned a company develops software that can turn a phone into a control device. According to Amnesty International, the software was used against Texas Rep. Michael McCaul and Sen. John Hoeven, RN.D. report.
A year ago, members of Congress were influenced by health insurance data breachwhere personal information appears on a hacker site.