A California man pleaded guilty today to hacking into hundreds of women’s email accounts in search of naked pictures / File
A CALIFORNIA man pleaded guilty today to hacking into hundreds of women’s email accounts in search of naked pictures, then sending the photos to the victims’ friends and, in some cases, even posting some of the pictures on their Facebook pages – cyber attacks that one victim labeled “virtual rape.”
George Samuel Bronk, 23, pleaded guilty in Sacramento Superior Court to seven felony charges, ranging from computer intrusion to false impersonation, and now faces up to six years in prison.
The scam Bronk employed appeared easy enough. He would find women on Facebook who had posted their email addresses and then would phone their email provider and ask for a password reset, state Attorney General Kamala D. Harris said in a news release.
When the hosts accommodated, Bronk created new passwords and in turn locked the women out of their accounts.
Bronk, of Citrus Heights, California, would look for nude or compromising pictures in their sent mail boxes, Mr Harris said, and when he found a picture, he would send a mass email to everyone in the email address book.
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In some instances, he was able to access their Facebook pages and post the photos.
Bronk is due back in court on March 10.
Article source: http://www.news.com.au/technology/man-hacked-emails-seeking-naked-photos/story-e6frfro0-1225987953210?from=public_rss
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