Secret Service probes hackingof Bush email

The US Secret Service is investigating whether former president George HW Bush’s email was hacked along with other family members and friends, the agency said.

That probe comes in response to reports that a handful of email accounts that include correspondence involving the former president and other family members were exposed by a computer hacker.

The Smoking Gun website said photos and personal correspondence, including emails related to Bush’s recent hospitalisation, were uncovered when the accounts were breached.