Celeb Hack Prompts FBI Investigation
The FBI has launched a probe to find out who hacked into actress Vanessa Hudgens’ Gmail account, as well as other celebrities’ personal emails, according to media reports.
After breaking into Hudgens’ account, the hacker spread nude photos and videos of the 22-year-old “High School Musical” starlet, according to gossip website TMZ.
Hudgens is reported to be just one of as many as 50 celebrities who have fallen prey to sextortionists, who steal nude pictures and personal information of actresses and musicians and then try to sell them, TMZ said.
Only last December, a duo of alleged hackers in Germany was accused of breaking into the accounts of Justin Timberlake, Ke$ha and Lady Gaga in an attempt to steal unreleased songs and issue blackmail threats over intimate photographs.
However, whether those two cases are related has yet to be determined, The Register said.
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