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posted by cmn32480 on Saturday December 26 2015, @05:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-leave-us-alone dept.

-- submitted from IRC

Alonzo Knowles, 23, allegedly bragged he had infiltrated the email inboxes of people in the worlds of showbiz and sports – either by tricking them into handing over their account passwords in phishing emails, or by sending them malware that infected their PCs and snooped on their logins.

Ironically, the phishing emails were dressed as security alerts warning the victims their accounts had been hacked, and that if they sent over their passwords, someone in tech support would put everything right, we're told.

Knowles did not always target celebrities directly, it is claimed, but instead noted which friends they were photographed with in gossip magazines, and went after those pals instead. Once in their accounts, it's alleged, he rifled through their inboxes to get the celebs' contact details.

The Homeland Security charging documents [PDF] are available for perusal as well.


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by PizzaRollPlinkett on Saturday December 26 2015, @08:34PM

    by PizzaRollPlinkett (4512) on Saturday December 26 2015, @08:34PM (#281270)

    Like I said last time, they caught a hacker! This script kiddie/social engineer is going to take the punishment by proxy for all hackers. If we spend billions on "cyber" whatever, someone has to.

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