Stalker Hacks Women's Facebook Accounts
George Bronk confessed to stalking at least 172 women on Facebook, hacking into their email accounts to search for nude pictures to resend to the victim's entire contact list.
When you forget your password for your email account, a few standard security questions will give you a chance to prove your identity. If this information is publicly displaye anywhere on Facebook, you’re vulnerable to hacking. Here’s a cautionary tale about exactly that.
George Bronk, a 23-year-old from Citrus Heights, California, scanned women’s Facebook profiles, searching for whoever showed their email address publicly. He would then study that person’s wall and the fields she’d filled out in order to learn about her interests, activities, and other useful data he could later use to contact the female’s email service provider and say he’d forgotten his password.
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