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Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S, joined by Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, last week during the interrogation of Supreme Court candidate Brett Kavanaugh.

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Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S, joined by Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, last week during the interrogation of Supreme Court candidate Brett Kavanaugh.

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Capitol police have arrested a suspect for allegedly posting restricted personal information about South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsay Graham on the Internet.

Jackson A. Cosko of Washington, DC, who identifies himself as a "Democratic Political Professional" on his LinkedIn page, has been charged with making restricted personal information, tampering with witnesses, burglary at the public, publicly available. second degree, threats of communication between states, unauthorized use of a government computer. , theft of identity and illegal entry.

Last week, Gizmodo announced that personal information regarding GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham, Mike Lee and Orin Hatch of the Senate Senate Judiciary Committee were posted when legislators heard evidence from Brett Kavanaugh, a Supreme Court candidate, and Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of assault. sexual.

Information, including personal addresses, private mobile numbers, etc. would have been added to the respective Wikipedia pages of the legislators in a series of modifications. Politicians' personal addresses are usually public information, thanks to campaign deposits, but their personal phone numbers are not. Screenshots of personal information posted on Twitter.

Wikipedia tracks each change received by a page in a public log of the revision history, including the IP address of the change.

Cosko, 27, mentions on his LinkedIn page his experience as a Legislative Officer and Technology Systems Administrator in the Senate. He is also a graduate student and is studying cybersecurity policy and compliance at the George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Politco reports that Cosko was working as an intern in the Rep office. Democratic Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas at the time of his arrest and that he has since been fired.

The Capitol police said his investigation was continuing and additional charges could be added.