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

Posted by timothy on from the oh-it's-that-easy-eh dept.

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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  1. Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pics or it didn't happen

    1. Re:Obligatory by ian_from_brisbane · · Score: 5, Funny

      Pics or it didn't happen

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

  2. Well, that will look grand on a resume by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hobbies?

    • felony hacking
    • child pornography
    • identity theft

    Hell, yeah, you're hired!

    --
    Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
    1. Re:Well, that will look grand on a resume by Haedrian · · Score: 5, Funny

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