Fan hacks Linkin singer cell data, threatens wife

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/27/people.linkinpark.ap/index.html

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) -- A woman is accused of using a computer at a
national laboratory to hack into a cell phone company's Web site to get a
number for Chester Bennington, lead singer of the Grammy-winning rock group
Linkin Park.

According to an affidavit filed by the Department of Defense Inspector
General, Devon Townsend, 27, obtained copies of Bennington's cell phone
bill, the phone numbers he called and digital pictures taken with the phone.

Investigators said she also hacked into the e-mail of Bennington's wife,
Talinda Bennington, and at one point called her and threatened her.

Talinda Bennington told federal authorities last month that someone had
accessed their Verizon Wireless account online, according to the affidavit,
and expressed concern that a "stalker" had access to personal information.

Townsend waived her right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday in U.S. District
Court and was released to her mother's custody. She is accused of using a
computer at her former workplace, Sandia National Laboratories, to access
Bennington's cell phone information. Lab spokesman Michael Padilla said
Wednesday that she no longer worked there.

Townsend's attorney, Ray Twohig, said that investigators were still
analyzing his client's computer and that it remains to be seen what exact
violations will be alleged.

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