tipo Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 A California man was arrested on Friday under suspicion of hacking into the email and Facebook accounts of over 170 women and in many cases exposing their explicit intimate pictures online.George Samuel Bronk, 23, of Citrus Heights, CA, faces thirty felony charges associated with computer intrusion, identity theft, extortion and child pornography.The California Highway Patrol (CHP) began investigating Bronk two months ago, after his IP address was linked to a compromise reported to the Connecticut State Police.Officers from CHP's Computer Crimes Investigations Unit served a search warrant on Bronk's home and found evidence of numerous intrusions when they analyzed data on his computer.It seems that between September 2009 and September 2010, the hacker compiled personal dossiers for over 3,200 women using publicly accessible information from Facebook.This data helped him guess answers to security questions and allowed him to perform successful password resets on email accounts belonging to at least 170 women.In many cases he found and extracted explicit intimate pictures from these mailboxes, which he then posted on the Facebook profiles of his victims or emailed them to their friends.Apparently he enjoyed causing serious embarrassment and distress to women and he even tried to blackmail some of them.The Sacramento Bee reports of one case when he contacted a victim via chat and asked her to send him more compromising pictures of herself, to avoid spreading the ones he already had. The woman complied.In addition to nude or semi-nude pictures, equally embarrassing videos belonging to his victims were found on his computer, along with 1,100 child abuse images.The California Highway Patrol is assisted in the investigation by the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force, the FBI and the California Attorney General's Office.This case should serve as a reminder for everyone to be very careful of what information they leave in their email accounts, including the Sent folder.link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vin3e Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 This is without a doubt an unlucky /b/tard haha. Hundreds have been hacked and personally I find it hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoore Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 And I thought my hidden web cam in the locker room made me a bad girl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck_kent Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 People should learn not to post explicit intimate pictures/videos of themselves on social networks. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Yeah I know its like.. 'Oh I am going to put these right here for safe keeping..' Where everyone can see and view them to begin with...I mean even with the slightest little mistake.. they could become public knowledge.. Then 'OOOOOMMMMGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEE..... someone has a stolen all of my picture.. how did THAT get out there...' Its like WTH are you whining bout anyway... I mean when you take the leap and you do it.. you should automatically be prepared or be at terms with life and your body.. and what nature intended to be done with it.. long beforehand.. Don't sit there and be all .. OMG, I can't believe.. or w/e.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 It was funny until I read the child porn part. Thats just not cool. Adults do stupid stuff and they can (usually) deal with the natural consequences. Kids are totaly diffrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Yeah I agree with yo on that.. I know I am not supposed to be this way.. but castration.. is too good for people like that... I seriously have issues with it.. and some people are like open about it... I dunno... Probably would not be pretty after I got a hold of them.... In fact I don't think God himself could help them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipo Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 And I thought my hidden web cam in the locker room made me a bad girl! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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