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2011 — Facebook: A 17-year old hacker was charged with various…

2011 Unknown records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

A 17-year old hacker was charged with various computer crimes.  He somehow managed to access the Twitter, Facebook, PayPal and email accounts of multiple celebrities and other people.  The teen was charged with cyberstalking, computer fraud, computer tampering and extortion.

Root cause

Hacking

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