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Taking on Lady Gaga is scary. Taking on Gagaloo, Rihanna, Ke$ha and Justin Timberlake? Well, that goes beyond brazen and attains near-heroic levels of brass gonads. That's exactly what two German hackers -- mere kids at 17 and 23 -- claim to have done, infecting A-list stars with trojans and malware in hopes of snatching some juicy scoops. "The trick itself is nothing special," German prosecutor Rolf Haferkamp told the newspaper Neue Ruhr/Neuer Rhein Zeitung. "All it requires is a bit of know-how and perseverance to achieve criminal success." [Ed. Note: Haferkamp should design motivational posters.]Well, know-how and perseverance appear to have worked: the haul has reportedly netted the hackers some unreleased songs and some naked pictures of Ke$ha. (Who on the Internet doesn't have naked pics of the "Tik Tok" singer?) Fans alerted former American Idol Kelly Clarkson to leaked versions of her own music, which she quickly reported to the authorities. The hopeful hackers were soon caught bragging online. Although the two haven't yet been charged, the Telegraph reports that they've confessed to police.
Bottom line: To quote Us Weekly, stars are just like us. They need to update their anti-virus software and nix easy passwords, like "THENEXTMADONNA." Just sayin'.
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Subscribe to commentsBTDTDec 5th 2010 7:53AM
"some unreleased songs and some naked pictures of Ke$ha."
Ug. She's a pooch. Who'd want them?
CaroleDec 5th 2010 10:52AM
This is invasion of privacy, stealing and causing harm. There needs to be huge fines, and some jail time to teach a lesson to kids like this. If any of my kids did something like this, they'd wish they were never born. These are future big-time thieves.
BILLDec 5th 2010 12:17PM
@Carole
You bring up a VERY GOOD POINT,Carole.
If these little hellspawn HAD NEVER BEEN BORN TO BEGIN WITH,their parents wouldn't have been put through this.
This story makes me feel more vindicated about not wanting to have kids.
They're too expensive and too much trouble today.