Who: Mulitple celebrities (Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kim Kardashian, etc)
What: Have been hacked in a new prankster trend called "doxxing"
When: early this month
Where: anywhere with a computer
Why: "Unlike "swatting," the Hollywood trend by which pranksters place 911 calls to alert authorities about fake home invasions in celebrities' homes, "doxxing" is a cyber crime. More specifically, it's the process of obtaining or deducing information about a person based on a limited set of initial information"
How: the hack into the emails of celebrities and post their information on an undisclosed website
Connection to Heritage: Online safety
Article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/celebrities-hacked_n_2854786.html?utm_hp_ref=celebrity
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