- The White House denied that Chief of Staff Susie Wiles' phone was hacked after British Prime Minister Andy Burnham received text messages from a hoaxer impersonating her.
- Burnham's office described to Politico the brief exchange as being of no significance, but the British government treated it as a national security matter and alerted Washington.
- A White House official confirmed to The Independent that the incident was not caused by a breach or hack of Wiles' personal devices.
- The incident follows a similar scheme from a year ago when political and business figures received fake communications claiming to be from Wiles.
- This hoax is part of a broader pattern of high-profile political impersonations, which have previously targeted officials such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and David Cameron.
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