Calif. Man Used Facebook to Hack Women's E-mails

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   Stacie Lposted 14 years ago

   Calif. Man Used Facebook to Hack Women's E-mails
   George Bronk Would Use Information He Got From Facebook to Hack Into E-mail Accounts, Then Send Nude Photos to Address Book
   
         In this undated photo provided by the California Attorney General's office, George Bronk is shown.  (AP Photo/California AG's Office)
   
   
   (AP)  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In a cautionary tale for users of social-networking sites, a California man has admitted using personal information he gleaned from Facebook to hack into women's e-mail accounts, then send nude pictures of them to everyone in their address book.
   
   The California attorney general's office said Friday that George Bronk, 23, commandeered the e-mail accounts of dozens of women in the U.S. and England. He then scanned the women's "sent" folders for nude and seminude photos and videos, and forwarded any he found to all the women's contacts, prosecutors said.
   
   Bronk coerced one woman into sending him more explicit photographs by threatening to distribute the pictures he already had. One victim told authorities the intrusion felt like "virtual rape."
   
   Bronk, who lives in the Sacramento suburb of Citrus Heights, pleaded guilty Thursday to seven felonies in Sacramento County Superior Court, including computer intrusion, false impersonation and possession of child pornography.
   
   Prosecutors are seeking a six-year prison term when Bronk returns for a sentencing evaluation March 10.
   
   His attorney, Monica Lynch of Roseville, called her client a "23-year-old boy going on 15."
   
   "He's accepted full responsibility. It's a tragic situation," she said.
   
   Lynch said she will argue for less than a six-year sentence.
   
   Prosecutors said Bronk would scan women's Facebook accounts looking for those who posted their e-mail addresses. He would then study their Facebook postings to learn the answers to common security questions like their favorite color or father's middle name.
   
   He contacted the women's e-mail providers and used the information to gain control of their accounts. He also often gained control of their Facebook accounts by hijacking their passwords, then posted compromising photographs on their Facebook pages and other Internet sites.
   http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/ … 7851.shtml
   
   I've never understood why anyone would send naked photos to a stranger over the internet...

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      kschangposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I am more interested in why would any one put their password info on their facebook... Or put ANY naked pictures online, even marked private.

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   logic,commonsenseposted 14 years ago

   The dude looks kinda like the Loehner dude in Arizona!  Creepy!

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