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Man Arrested For Hacking 130 Celebrities (softpedia.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the crime-doesn't-pay dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A man was arrested after trying to sell Hollywood movie scripts and social security numbers to an undercover DHS agent. The hacker known online as Jeff Moxey managed to hack the computers of 130 celebrities, from where he stole, besides scripts, nude pics and sexually-explicit videos. "The scope of the crime here is potentially quite large," Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristy Greenberg said, adding that the investigation began a few weeks ago.

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  1. Security has not kept pace with technology by TWX · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why do celebrities, who literally have a portion of their trade tied-up in appearance and being desired, record sexual materials to devices that they don't fully understand the workings of? While it's not right for individuals to breach their accounts to copy their pictures, it is a known behavior that some people will do, and as it's a known danger it's the individual's responsibility to take steps to prevent this. If the technology of using Internet-connected devices and Internet services isn't understood, then the only solution is to avoid using Internet-connected devices. Use friggin' offline digital cameras if you want your naughty pictures, or go even more old-school and use an instant film camera.

    There have been examples when "share my day" services for social media sites have shared naked pictures, publicly, automatically, as a matter of course. The settings of the phone's application were to share a sample of pictures automatically. That's STUPID.

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    1. Re:Security has not kept pace with technology by siphonophore · · Score: 4, Insightful

      This is a failure of industry, not a failure of individuals. Do we require drivers to be mechanics? Fliers to be aeronautical engineers?

      Starting from zero, it is astoundingly complicated to maintain personal information security--we don't see it like fish don't see water. Industry's response can't be to limit the market for connected devices to themselves.

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  2. Where he went wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Where he went wrong was he got greedy.

    If he had just dumped them online, instead of trying to make a profit, then he likely wouldn't have been caught.

    Now he's in jail, and the data is gone. Thanks a lot, asshole.

  3. DHS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why the hell would DHS being involved? This seems more like an FBI thing. I don't exactly understand how this is a homeland security issue.