comparable to that which we ate in iraq. the real tom bossert wrote back thanks, jared. with a promise like, that i can't refuse. if you need it my personal e-mail is and then he gave his personal e-mail address. white house officials acknowledged to cnn that the incidents happened and said they were taking the matter seriously. quote we take all cyber-related issues very seriously and are looking into these incidents further. sarah huckabee sanders told cnn this evening. cyberexperts consulted by cnn say the incidents are illustrative of how vulnerable americans, even those in the highest reaches of power, the trump white house, remain to the potential threat of what is called spear phishing. that's the process through which officials are duped by hackers and expose government computers and systems to various cyberthreats you. might remember happening to hillary clinton campaign chair john podesta. nobody clicked any links making them or their computers vulnerable. and the prankster is motived by mischief.