South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said on Jan. 23 that her personal cell phone number has been hacked and used to make hoax calls, blaming the Jan. 6 committee for releasing her family’s Social Security numbers.
“Callous mishandling of personal information has real world consequences,” Noem said in a press release. “If you get such a phone call from my number, know that I had no involvement.”
The Social Security numbers belonging to Noem, her husband, her three children, and her son-in-law were published, without redaction, as part of the White House’s visitor logs that became exhibits during undated hearings by the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. The leak was first reported by the Washington Post on Jan. 6….