UK PM targeted in white house impersonation

And Britain's new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has been caught up in a major security scare after exchanging text messages with a person posing as Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump's White House Chief of Staff. The impersonator reportedly managed to convince Burnham that he was communicating with the senior Trump administration official before the British leader became suspicious and cut off contact. Now, the incident has raised fresh questions about the security of communications involving senior political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic. According to reports, Burnham exchanged a small number of messages with the person posing as Susie Wiles. Officials familiar with the matter say that the messages were ultimately considered to be of little significance. And there is no indication that sensitive information was compromised. Burnham reportedly became suspicious during the exchange and ended the communication. The British embassy in Washington then alerted the White House about this incident. But the White House says that this was not the result of a new hack of Susie Wiles' devices. That clarification is significant because Wiles was herself at the centre of a separate impersonation incident just last year, when authorities investigated claims that her personal phone contacts had been accessed and used to contact other prominent figures. Now, the FBI had investigated that earlier case. Downing Street has declined to discuss this latest incident in detail, citing national security concerns. The episode comes just weeks after Andy Burnham took office as Britain's new Prime Minister, succeeding Keir Starmer. For now, officials say that there is no evidence that the impersonator gained access to classified or sensitive information. But the incident is likely to intensify scrutiny of the digital security surrounding senior government officials. The identity of the person behind the impersonation remains unknown even now, and authorities have not publicly disclosed how this individual obtained Burnham's contact details to begin with.