According to The Telegraph, German prosecutors are reproachful two limited hackers of breaking into the computers of over 50 pop stars, as well as Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Justin Timberlake and Kesha.
(Wouldn’t you have to be pretty brave to blackmail Lady Gaga? She can be, um, scary. )
Ralf Haferkamp, from the Duisburg prosecutor’s office, thought in an interview with Deutsche Welle that the hackers, two boys of 17 and 23 from the West of Germany, impure the machines with malware in sort to steal all sorts of files.
A stolen possession supposedly purloined by the duo includes credit cards details, private pictures, emails and unreleased songs. Prosecutors also assert that the suspect managed to sell some of the musical fabric on the internet – where, because it has not been formally released, it can get high prices.So how did the two men get caught? The Telegraph news that the hacker duo bragged about their wicked activities on the web. If culpable of the crime then this would propose that the pair is not only greedy, but foolish show-offs too.
Of course, Lady Gaga isn’t the primary pop star to have caught the notice of cybercriminals. In the past we’ve reported on how celebrities such as Lil’ Kim, Kanye West, Miley Cyrus, and Britney Spears have had their computers, email or social networking accounts out of order into by malicious hackers.
In case you wanted reminding – celebrities aren’t actually that different from the rest of us. Everyone who has a computer has to take rational steps to guard it against malicious hackers and cybercriminals.