President Barack Obama told a European audience that hackers have targeted the White House and that officials must do more to secure their communications.
“I think we’re going to have to do better and learn from mistakes” in protecting government information from hackers or unauthorized disclosure, Obama said July 10 during a press conference in Madrid, Spain. “Some of it will have to do with how we train personnel from the very top — how I use my smartphone or BlackBerry all the way down to the lowest-level staffer.”