Man Mines Facebook For Security Questions, Nabs Nude Photos From Email

itwbennett writes "George Bronk, 23, has pleaded guilty to charges that he broke into the e-mail accounts of thousands of women, scouring them for nude photos that he then posted to the Internet. How he did it: He searched his victims' Facebook pages for answers to common security questions and then logged in to their e-mail accounts. In one case he persuaded a victim to send him even more explicit photographs by threatening to post the ones he'd stolen if she didn't. Bronk faces 6 years in prison on felony hacking, child pornography and identity theft charges."

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Obligatory

[Anonymous Coward]

Pics or it didn't happen

Re:Obligatory

[ian_from_brisbane]

Pics or it didn't happen

Here you go... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41082627/ns/technology_and_science-security/

Well, that will look grand on a resume

[PolygamousRanchKid]

Hobbies?

• felony hacking
• child pornography
• identity theft

Hell, yeah, you're hired!

Re:Well, that will look grand on a resume

[Haedrian]

I see an executive director job at Facebook on the horizon.

Re:Security Questions Security Risk

[Haedrian]

"What's your mother's maiden name? - kashiqewnchkdhsflakjshflvkdsvhpexiojnasdjlna"

But everyone calls her bob.

Joking aside, I did that once for my steam account. Then I forgot the password, when I came to reset it it demanded my secret answer. Couldn't remember it. :(

Re:Security Questions Security Risk

[Dunbal]

No asdfghjkl is your dad, idiot.

Re:Think of the children too

[Starfleet Command]

>>>they took pictures of themselves in an illegal manor Perhaps if they had photographed themselves in a chalet, or perhaps even a brownstone walk-up?

Re:Think of the children too

[Pharmboy]

Pictures of naked people should not be classified as porn simply because of the lack of clothes.

If God® wanted you naked, he would have made you born that way.