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Convicted Hacker Charged With Extortion After Attack On Model's MySpace Account

Kevin Poulsen writes on Threat Wire:

A Southern California man convicted last year of hacking into the Lexis-Nexis owned consumer database Accurint was arrested on charges on extortion Friday after allegedly hijacking the MySpace account of an internet celebrity.

Jeffrey Robert Weinberg, 22, was arrested by LAPD detectives in Southern California early Friday morning, a department spokeswoman confirmed. While police aren't discussing the particulars, the arrest follows a detailed blog post by "Amor Hilton" an 18-year-old Los Angeles woman who says she helped detectives build a case against Weinberg after he hijacked her MySpace account and demanded nude photos and "phone sex" in exchange for its return.

posted by Fergie @ 1/14/2008 05:29:00 PM