Canadian Man Pleads Guilty In Celebrity Hacking and Harrassment Case 52
FuzzNugget writes "A 25-year-old man from Abbotsford, British Columbia has plead guilty to several charges involving the unauthorized access to a computer and phone belonging to singer Carly Rae Jepsen, who also hails from BC. It's alleged that after obtaining nude photos from the singer's computer and phone, he attempted to sell them to media outlets. The allegations also include releasing a fake sex tape claming to be of the celebrity. As a result, he was charged with a number of offenses, from unauthorized use of computer to (oddly) fraudulently obtaining telecommunications services, mischief to data, identity fraud, and possession of stolen property. It will be interesting to watch this unfold and see how Canada's laws on computer-based crimes compare to those of the U.S., particularly the notorious Computer Fraud and Abuse Act."
And now... (Score:5, Funny)
And now off to 4chan to see if anyone has found copies of the leaked pics.
Re:And now... (Score:4, Funny)
So I tried ta join 4chan but after I entered all my personal info on /b/ nobody was nice and my computer crashed so i had ta send this from my moms ipad and she just got fired too btw cuz her boss hates her cuz of stuff that somebody put on her facebook page when I was wating to here back from 4chan. Anyway anybody know if they let me in? I gotta see Carly Rae Jepsen naked.
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I never got why people put barbells in their nipples. Boobs are perfectly nice without needing to decorate them, unless it's detachable frippery like tassels.
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Ask Janet Jackson... [wikipedia.org]
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For the same reasons people get earrings, tattoos, or pretty much other body art... either they want it because they like it and like the look of it, or they want it because it's trendy to do so.
Kinda like why people go straight for the full sleeves and neck tattoos. Whereas the people who have been quietly getting tattooed for years are just sort of wondering if these kids have really thought this through.
I can go into the office and nobody will know I've got tats, but I see a lot of kids go straight for
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Would you not be worried you might rip a nip while getting a grip with your lip?
Because that would be on my mind.
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i just met you, and this is crazy (Score:4, Funny)
but here's my number, so hack me maybe
Why would a celebrity (Score:2)
keep nude photos of themselves on their own computer?
Narcissism?
Re:Why would a celebrity (Score:5, Insightful)
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keep nude photos of themselves on their own computer?
Probably for the very same reason as celebrities leak their own sex tapes, in the hopes that someone will steal and publish them.
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She's an idiot, if she would have just paid a "hacker" to claim to hack her phone it would have been on /. Seriously does anyone believe these sex tape and hacked phone stories anymore? Ever since Paris Hilton went from zero to famous (well, more famous, famous beyond "daddy owns hotels") from her sex tape every attention whore has been doing it.
Seriously. Have you noticed that Erin Andrews is all over the place now? Why is that?
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Really? Abbottsford? (Score:1, Insightful)
He probably moved there from Surrey.
Re: Really? Abbottsford? (Score:1)
It's a step up from Surrey.... well, anything in the lower mainland is a step-up, even Richmond.
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Hello my brother, I have sad news for you. British Columbia has defected to Canada. Tis truly a sad day.
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Well, Columbia didn't want them, since they were so British.
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Did the Judge say... (Score:4, Funny)
Pics or it didn't happen?
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Pics or it didn't happen?
http://www.electrojams.com/forum/thread-7569.html [electrojams.com]
Ahem (Score:1)
I need to *ahem* review these in my chambers to determine their authenticity. Let's take a brief half-hour recess
"Oddly"? (Score:5, Insightful)
I don't see what's odd about the charge for fraudulently obtaining telecommunications services.
If she pays for her voicemail and internet and he accesses that voicemail as her, eg. using her pin, or remote controls her computer and uses it to send data to him (again on her dime), then he's fraudulently using her services.
Back in the early days of prosecuting crackers/hackers they used the 'theft of electricity' laws to nail them because there weren't any laws to cover their actions. So if you penetrated a computer at location A they would nail you for the electricity used while that machine was under your control, as the victim would be paying for the power used by you.
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It wasn't the value that was relevant. The laws existed regarding theft of utilities and had penalties associated with it, so they were able to use that whatever the cost.
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I think there was an example of this in The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll. :)
It might have been in Hacker Crackdown or another book at the time though. I devoured them all at that age
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In my defense, the label is misleading. "Obtaining telecommunications services" leads you to think that it's the act of using a carrier's service without paying.
He received no "service" by accessing her computer, only "data". Yes, it's semantics, but I do think it's an important distinction and I think labeling it under this guise is badly presumptuous law.
The charges aren't odd (Score:3)
The one regarding " fraudulently obtaining telecommunications services" [justice.gc.ca] is pretty straight forward.
326. (1) Every one commits theft who fraudulently, maliciously, or without colour of right,
(a) abstracts, consumes or uses electricity or gas or causes it to be wasted or diverted; or
(b) uses any telecommunication facility or obtains any telecommunication service.
Noting:
(2) In this section and section 327, "telecommunication" means any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images or sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, visual or other electromagnetic system.
That charge can be laid against someone who illegally uses access to a telecommunication service--meaning phones, illegal wiretaps, and so on. Also including breaking into wifi networks and so on.
Why Do People Still Take Nude Photos on Phones? (Score:2)
I am at a loss as to why people and in particular, celebrities (regardless of how minor) continue to take nude pictures on their cell phones. They have to or should know by now that phones go missing, computers get hacked and all of those pictures can and will wind up on the internet. This has happened so many times in the past with the releases being quite publicly discussed and yet there seems to be no end to people shooting pictures of themselves which they do not want the public to see.
The worst issue i
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Or maybe people could show a bit of class and not have nude pictures lying around where anyone could find them.
If the only way for you to make a name for yourself is to show your nude body, you might want to reconsider your employment choices.*
* Some Playboy and Penthouse folks have degrees and use them. They're not being nude just to make money.
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Some Playboy and Penthouse folks have degrees and use them. They're not being nude just to make money.
Sure they are.
The fact that they may *also* be smart/talented doesn't affect the fact that the vast majority of them are getting nude purely for the money. Maybe some for the thrill. They're certainly not doing it to solve world hunger, cure cancer, or bring about global peace.
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Googled her name, little confused... (Score:2)