4chan may have remotely wiped a Clinton official’s iPhone and iPad

For a few days now, WikLeaks has been publishing select emails from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta — and the leaks are starting to cause serious damage. Most likely obtained from a hacked archive file, the latest dump contains all sorts of sensitive info on Podesta with no obvious news value, including his Social Security number and enough info to compromise his Twitter account.

But the most painful casualty of the latest dump may have been Podesta’s iPhone. The leak contained Podesta’s Apple ID credentials, and a group of 4chan users claim to have used those credential to gain access to Podesta’s iCloud account. From there, they triggered a remote wipe of both an iPhone and iPad belonging to the campaign chief. Before the wipe,...